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bacteriorhodopsin


bacteriorhodopsin
The basis of a simple photosynthetic system that provides some species of archaea, known as halobacteria, with chemical energy. Interestingly, bacteriorhodopsin is chemically very similar to the light-senstive pigment rhodopsin, found in the vertebrate retina.


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