proteorhodopsin
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Proteorhodopsin — is a photoactive retinylidene protein in marine bacterioplanktons. Just like the homologous pigment bacteriorhodopsin found in some archaea, it consists of a transmembrane protein bound to a retinal molecule and functions as a light driven proton … Wikipedia
Phototrophie — Die Rotalge Stylonema alsidii ist phototroph. Phototrophie oder Fototrophie (von altgriechisch φῶς phos = das Licht + τροφή trophé = die Ernährung) bezeichnet die Nutzung von Licht als Energiequelle durch Lebewesen. Das Licht wird gebraucht … Deutsch Wikipedia
Photosynthetic pigment — A photosynthetic pigment (accessory pigment; chloroplast pigment; antenna pigment) is a pigment that is present in chloroplasts or photosynthetic bacteria and captures the light energy necessary for photosynthesis. Plants Green plants have five… … Wikipedia
Rhodopsin — Rhodopsin, also known as visual purple, is a pigment of the retina that is responsible for both the formation of the photoreceptor cells and the first events in the perception of light. Rhodopsins belong to the G protein coupled receptor family… … Wikipedia
Metagenomics — is the study of metagenomes, genetic material recovered directly from environmental samples. The broad field may also be referred to as environmental genomics, ecogenomics or community genomics. Traditional microbiology and microbial genome… … Wikipedia
Photoreceptor protein — Photoreceptors are light sensitive proteins involved in the sensing and response to light in a variety of organisms. Some examples are rhodopsin in the photoreceptor cells of the vertebrate retina, phytochrome in plants, and bacteriorhodopsin in… … Wikipedia
Retinylidene protein — Retinylidene proteins are a family of proteins that use retinal as chromophore for light reception. This group of proteins is also commonly referred to as rhodopsins. They are the molecular basis for a variety of light sensing systems from… … Wikipedia
Retinalophototroph — A retinalophototroph is a phototroph that uses either bacteriorhodopsin or proteorhodopsin for the light driven production of proton motive force … Wikipedia
Bacterial rhodopsins — Pfam box Symbol = Bac rhodopsin Name = width = caption =Bacteriorhodopsin trimer Pfam= PF01036 InterPro= IPR001425 SMART= PROSITE = PDOC00291 SCOP = 2brd TCDB = 3.E.1 OPM family= 6 OPM protein= 1vgo PDB=PDB3|1e12A:29 271 PDB3|1vgoB:19 253… … Wikipedia
Pelagibacter — ubique Systematik Domäne: Bakterien (Bacteria) Abteilung: Proteobacteria Klasse: Alphaproteobacteria … Deutsch Wikipedia
