Bacteriorhodopsin Definition

băk-tîrē-ō-rō-dŏpsĭn
noun
A purple protein containing retinal and found in the plasma membrane of certain bacteria (genus Halobacterium): it directly supplies electrochemical energy from sunlight.
Webster's New World
A pigmented membrane protein found in extremely halophilic archaea of the genus Halobacterium that converts light energy to chemical energy and is structurally similar to rhodopsin.
American Heritage Medicine

(biochemistry) Any of several related purple photosynthetic proteins, found in halobacteria, that act as proton pumps.

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bacteriorhodopsin
Plural:
bacteriorhodopsins

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