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Spectral tuning in sensory rhodopsin I from Salinibacter ruber.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 1 Apr 2011
Sudo Yuki, Yuasa Yasufumi, Shibata Jun, Suzuki Daisuke, Homma Michio
Abstract excerpt
Organisms utilize light as energy sources and as signals. Rhodopsins, which have seven transmembrane α-helices with retinal covalently linked to a conserved Lys residue, are found in various organisms as distant in evolution as bacteria, archaea, and eukarya. One of the most notable properties of rhodopsin molecules is the large variation in their absorption spectrum. Sensory rhodopsin I (SRI) and sensory...
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