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The trafficking of bacterial type rhodopsins into the Chlamydomonas eyespot and flagella is IFT mediated.
Scientific reports - 3 Oct 2016
Awasthi Mayanka, Ranjan Peeyush, Sharma Komal, Veetil Sindhu Kandoth, Kateriya Suneel
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The bacterial type rhodopsins are present in all the three domains of life. In contrast to the animal type rhodopsin that performs mainly sensory functions in higher eukaryotes, the bacterial type rhodopsin could function as ion channel, pumps and as sensory proteins. The functioning of rhodopsin in higher eukaryotes requires the transport of rhodopsin from its site of synthesis to the ciliated outer segment of...
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