bacteriorhodopsin

American  

[bak-teer-ee-oh-roh-dop-sin] / bækˌtɪər i oʊ roʊˈdɒp sɪn /

noun

Biochemistry.

1. a protein complex in the membrane of halobacteria that conducts a unique form of photosynthesis, employing the light-sensitive pigment retinal rather than the chlorophyll used by all other known photosynthetic organisms.

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Etymology

Origin of bacteriorhodopsin

First recorded in 1975–80; bacterio- + rhodopsin

Example Sentences

In 1990, after more than 15 years of effort, he became the first to use it to produce a picture of a protein, bacteriorhodopsin, that was as detailed as X-ray crystallography can provide.

From Economist

In 1990, after more than 15 years of effort, he became the first to use it to produce a picture of a protein, bacteriorhodopsin, that was as detailed as those X-ray crystallography can provide.

From Economist

Then in 1990, after 15 years’ work refining sample preparation and electron detection, Henderson succeeded in using an electron microscope to create an image of a large bacterial cell membrane protein called bacteriorhodopsin, and do it at atomic resolution.

From Scientific American

Henderson took a major step forward when he placed a bacterial cell membrane containing millions of molecules called bacteriorhodopsin into an electron microscope.

From Science Magazine

X-ray crystallography was certainly king when biologist Richard Henderson arrived at the LMB in 1973 to study a protein called bacteriorhodopsin, which uses light energy to pump protons across a membrane.

From Nature