Length of photocycle of transport Rhodopsins

Value <=20 msec
Organism Generic
Reference Béjà O, Aravind L, Koonin EV, Suzuki MT, Hadd A, Nguyen LP, Jovanovich SB, Gates CM, Feldman RA, Spudich JL, Spudich EN, DeLong EF. Bacterial rhodopsin: evidence for a new type of phototrophy in the sea. Science. 2000 Sep 15 289(5486):1902-6.PubMed ID10988064
Primary Source Hoff WD, Jung KH, Spudich JL. Molecular mechanism of photosignaling by archaeal sensory rhodopsins. Annu Rev Biophys Biomol Struct. 1997,26:223-58PubMed ID9241419
Comments The transport rhodopsins (bacteriorhodopsins and halorhodopsins) are characterized by cyclic photochemical reaction sequences (photocycles) that are typically <20 ms
Entered by Uri M
ID 103730