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Name: Lauretta
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What role does bacteria hodospin play in various species of halobacterium?


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Dear Lauretta,

Halobacteria are archae bacteriathat are highly salt resistant. Read about Halobacteria (I apologize for the jargon at this site) at

http://chroma.mbt.washington.edu/seq_www/halo.html

Your question probably had a spellin error. Rhodopsins are light harvesting proteins, and bacteriorhodopsin is a well-known and well-studied member of this family from halobacteria. You can read about this protein at the following webpage which is quite advanced in level:

http://web.syr.edu/~vasharma/Birge_group/pages/R_bR_intro.html

Hope this answers your question

Dr. Trudy Wassenaar


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