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. 2014 May 6;111(18):6538-9.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1405093111. Epub 2014 Apr 15.

Nature's toolkit for microbial rhodopsin ion pumps

Oded Béjà  1 , Janos K Lanyi
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Nature's toolkit for microbial rhodopsin ion pumps

Oded Béjà et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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Fig. 1.
Schematic representation of different microbial rhodopsin ion pumps. Amino acids shown in brackets are amino acids found at positions 85, 89, and 96 in each of these rhodopsins (BR numbering). Colored arrows represent different wavelengths at which each rhodopsin absorbs. In the case of PR, the arrows represent the absorption of blue and green rhodopsins (29); XR absorbs at different wavelengths due to its additional carotenoid molecule. ESR, E. sibiricum rhodopsin.
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