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bacteriorhodopsin

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bac·te·ri·o·rho·dop·sin  (bk-tîr--r-dpsn)
n.
A purple pigment similar to rhodopsin occurring in the cell membranes of bacteria of the genus Halobacterium that converts sunlight directly into chemical energy.


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Another tact is to design synthetic membrane systems that copy plants' ability to convert light into the biochemical energy of ATE In one version, developed by the CSIRO group, a purple membrane protein called bacteriorhodopsin, from a type of bacterium, is tethered onto a solid surface to which a lipid bilayer is anchored.
Bacteriorhodopsin is found in the intensely purple cell membrane of a bacterium called Halobacterium salinarium, which grows in salt marshes.
 
 
 
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