Seibutsu Butsuri
Online ISSN : 1347-4219
Print ISSN : 0582-4052
ISSN-L : 0582-4052
Halorhodopsin; a Cl- pump
Yasuo MUKOHATA
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1987 Volume 27 Issue 1 Pages 13-16

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A short review was given on halorhodopsin which was found and named by us in halobacteria, extremely halophilic archaebacteria. Halorhodopsin is a retinal protein that pumps in Cl- and builds up an inside-negative membrane potential in the light.

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