bacteriorhodopsin

English

Etymology

From bacterio- + rhodopsin.

Noun

bacteriorhodopsin (plural bacteriorhodopsins)

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

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