ISSN:
0091-7419
Schlagwort(e):
Life Sciences
;
Molecular Cell Biology
Quelle:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Thema:
Biologie
,
Chemie und Pharmazie
,
Medizin
Notizen:
Halobacterium halobium carries out photophosphorylation. A rhodopsin-like protein, bacteriorhodopsin, located in the cell membrane mediates the first step in energy transduction, the conversion of light energy into a chemiosmotic gradient. After absorption of a photon, bacteriorhodopsin undergoes a series of fast reactions, returning to its original state in a few milliseconds. In continuous light it cycles continuously at 100 to 200 cps. During a cycle protons are taken up on the cytoplasmic side of the membrane and released on the outer surface, thus generating a chemiosmotic gradient which can drive phosphorylation of ADP to ATP.
Zusätzliches Material:
2 Ill.
Materialart:
Digitale Medien
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jss.400020519
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