Microbial Rhodopsins

Sub-cellular Biochemistry
Ivan Gushchin, Valentin Gordeliy

Abstract

Microbial rhodopsins (MRs) are a large family of photoactive membrane proteins, found in microorganisms belonging to all kingdoms of life, with new members being constantly discovered. Among the MRs are light-driven proton, cation and anion pumps, light-gated cation and anion channels, and various photoreceptors. Due to their abundance and amenability to studies, MRs served as model systems for a great variety of biophysical techniques, and recently found a great application as optogenetic tools. While the basic aspects of microbial rhodopsins functioning have been known for some time, there is still a plenty of unanswered questions. This chapter presents and summarizes the available knowledge, focusing on the functional and structural studies.

Citations

Jan 22, 2020·Journal of Basic Microbiology·Erhard RhielRalf Rabus
Nov 2, 2019·Nature Communications·Dmitry BratanovValentin Gordeliy
Feb 9, 2020·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America·K KovalevV Gordeliy
May 3, 2020·Nature Communications·Kirill KovalevValentin Gordeliy
Apr 17, 2019·Science Advances·Kirill KovalevValentin Gordeliy
Dec 19, 2019·Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences·Olga NovitskaiaIvan Gushchin
Dec 28, 2019·Cell Research·Yang LuYuanzheng He
Nov 13, 2020·Nature Communications·Dmitrii ZabelskiiValentin Gordeliy
Dec 29, 2020·Doklady. Biochemistry and Biophysics·N MaliarV I Gordeliy
May 22, 2020·The Journal of Physical Chemistry. B·Andrew HarrisLeonid S Brown
Jul 10, 2021·The Journal of Chemical Physics·Mantu SantraSuman Chakrabarty

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