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Bacteriorhodopsin - an integral membrane protein

Bacteriorhodopsin - an integral membrane protein
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Description: Functions as a lightdriven proton pump in certain bacteria.

Seven helices span the membrane and hold a molecule of the lightabsorbing pigment retinal.

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