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bacteriorhodopsin definition

bac·te·ri·o·rho·dop·sin (bak tir′ē ō′rō däp′sin)

noun

a purple protein containing retinal and found in the plasma membrane of certain bacteria (genus Halobacterium): it directly supplies electrochemical energy from sunlight

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