Length of photocycle of sensory rhodopsins
| Value | >=300 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 whereas sensory rhodopsins are slow-cycling pigments with photocycle half times of >300 msec |
| Entered by | Uri M |
| ID | 103731 |