Schizorhodopsins: A family of rhodopsins from Asgard archaea that function as light-driven inward H+ pumps.
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SUBMITTER: Inoue K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7148096 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr
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Schizorhodopsins: A family of rhodopsins from Asgard archaea that function as light-driven inward H<sup>+</sup> pumps.
Inoue Keiichi K Tsunoda Satoshi P SP Singh Manish M Tomida Sahoko S Hososhima Shoko S Konno Masae M Nakamura Ryoko R Watanabe Hiroki H Bulzu Paul-Adrian PA Banciu Horia L HL Andrei Adrian-Ştefan AŞ Uchihashi Takayuki T Ghai Rohit R Béjà Oded O Kandori Hideki H
Science advances 20200410 15
Schizorhodopsins (SzRs), a rhodopsin family first identified in Asgard archaea, the archaeal group closest to eukaryotes, are present at a phylogenetically intermediate position between typical microbial rhodopsins and heliorhodopsins. However, the biological function and molecular properties of SzRs have not been reported. Here, SzRs from Asgardarchaeota and from a yet unknown microorganism are expressed in <i>Escherichia coli</i> and mammalian cells, and ion transport assays and patch clamp an ...[more]
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