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| Title |
Ion-pumping microbial rhodopsins
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, September 2015
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| DOI | 10.3389/fmolb.2015.00052 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Hideki Kandori |
| Abstract |
Rhodopsins are light-sensing proteins used in optogenetics. The word "rhodopsin" originates from the Greek words "rhodo" and "opsis," indicating rose and sight, respectively. Although the classical meaning of rhodopsin is the red-colored pigment in our eyes, the modern meaning of rhodopsin encompasses photoactive proteins containing a retinal chromophore in animals and microbes. Animal and microbial rhodopsins possess 11-cis and all-trans retinal, respectively, to capture light in seven transmembrane α-helices, and photoisomerizations into all-trans and 13-cis forms, respectively, initiate each function. Ion-transporting proteins can be found in microbial rhodopsins, such as light-gated channels and light-driven pumps, which are the main tools in optogenetics. Light-driven pumps, such as archaeal H(+) pump bacteriorhodopsin (BR) and Cl(-) pump halorhodopsin (HR), were discovered in the 1970s, and their mechanism has been extensively studied. On the other hand, different kinds of H(+) and Cl(-) pumps have been found in marine bacteria, such as proteorhodopsin (PR) and Fulvimarina pelagi rhodopsin (FR), respectively. In addition, a light-driven Na(+) pump was found, Krokinobacter eikastus rhodopsin 2 (KR2). These light-driven ion-pumping microbial rhodopsins are classified as DTD, TSA, DTE, NTQ, and NDQ rhodopsins for BR, HR, PR, FR, and KR2, respectively. Recent understanding of ion-pumping microbial rhodopsins is reviewed in this paper. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 50% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 17% |
| Unknown | 2 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 4 | 67% |
| Members of the public | 2 | 33% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 185 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 41 | 22% |
| Student > Master | 32 | 17% |
| Student > Bachelor | 22 | 12% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 12 | 6% |
| Researcher | 11 | 6% |
| Other | 23 | 12% |
| Unknown | 46 | 25% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 53 | 28% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 42 | 22% |
| Chemistry | 17 | 9% |
| Neuroscience | 10 | 5% |
| Physics and Astronomy | 5 | 3% |
| Other | 11 | 6% |
| Unknown | 49 | 26% |
Attention Score in Context
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