Asymmetric Functional Conversion of Eubacterial Light-driven Ion Pumps.

Abstract excerpt

In addition to the well-known light-driven outward proton pumps, novel ion-pumping rhodopsins functioning as outward Na(+) and inward Cl(-) pumps have been recently found in eubacteria. They convert light energy into transmembrane electrochemical potential difference, similar to the prototypical archaeal H(+) pump bacteriorhodopsin (BR) and Cl(-) pump halorhodopsin (HR). The H(+), Na(+), and Cl(-) pumps possess...

Topics

Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.

• Share to Bacterial Physiological Phenomena
• Share to Bacteriorhodopsins
• Share to Chlorides