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A gene of the opsin family in the carotenoid gene cluster of Fusarium fujikuroi.
Current genetics - 1 Jul 2004
Prado Maria M, Prado-Cabrero Alfonso, Fernández-Martín Rafael, Avalos Javier
Abstract excerpt
Opsins are membrane photoreceptors closely related to the heat-shock proteins of the HSP30 family. Their functions include light-driven ion pumping in archaea and light detection in algae and animals, using the apocarotenoid retinal as a light-absorbing prosthetic group. We describe a gene of Fusarium fujikuroi, carO, coding for a polypeptide resembling opsins and HSP30-like proteins and contiguous to the genes...
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