A Proteorhodopsin-Related Photosensor Expands the Repertoire of Structural Motifs Employed by Sensory Rhodopsins
Maryam Saliminasab,
Yoichi Yamazaki,
Alyssa Palmateer
et al.
Abstract:Microbial rhodopsins are light-activated retinal-binding
membrane
proteins that perform a variety of ion transport and photosensory
functions. They display several cases of convergent evolution where
the same function is present in unrelated or very distant protein
groups. Here we report another possible case of such convergent evolution,
describing the biophysical properties of a new group of sensory rhodopsins.
The first representative of this group was identified in 2004 but
none of the members had been exp… Show more
Inward proton pumping is a relatively new function for microbial rhodopsins, retinal-binding light-driven membrane proteins. So far, it has been demostrated for two unrelated subgroups of microbial rhodopsins, xenorhodopsins and...
Inward proton pumping is a relatively new function for microbial rhodopsins, retinal-binding light-driven membrane proteins. So far, it has been demostrated for two unrelated subgroups of microbial rhodopsins, xenorhodopsins and...
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