bacteriorhodopsin
Sign in to saveBacteriorhodopsin (Bop) is a protein used by Archaea, most notably by Haloarchaea, a class of the Euryarchaeota. It acts as a proton pump; that is, it captures light energy and uses it to move protons across the membrane out of the cell. The resulting proton gradient is subsequently converted into chemical energy.
Key facts
- Nonhuman protein.Name
- Bacteriorhodopsin
- Nonhuman protein.Organism
- Halobacterium salinarum
- Nonhuman protein.image
- Halobacterium salinarum bacteriorhodopsin PDB 6RQP.png
- Nonhuman protein.caption
- Halobacterium salinarum bacteriorhodopsin homotrimer viewed from the cytoplasm. Bound retinal shown in black.
- Nonhuman protein.Symbol
- bop
- Nonhuman protein.UniProt
- P02945
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18 sectionsContents
- Function
- Structure
- Spectral properties
- Mechanism
- Photocycle overview
- Ground state + photon → K state → L state
- L state → M<sub>1</sub> state
- M<sub>1</sub> state → M<sub>2</sub> state
- M<sub>2</sub> state → M<sub>2</sub>' state
- M<sub>2</sub>' state → N state
- N state → N' state
- N' state → O state
- O state → ground state
- Homologs and other similar proteins
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Bacteriorhodopsin (Bop) is a protein used by Archaea, most notably by Haloarchaea, a class of the Euryarchaeota. It acts as a proton pump; that is, it captures light energy and uses it to move protons across the membrane out of the cell. The resulting proton gradient is subsequently converted into chemical energy.
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