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Original Articles

Reconstitution of Bacteriorhodopsin into Cyclic Lipid Vesicles

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Pages 1623-1625 | Received 22 Jan 2008, Accepted 11 Mar 2008, Published online: 22 May 2014
 

Abstract

Bacteriorhodopsin (bR), a membrane protein that can generate a light-driven proton pump, was successfully reconstituted into vesicles composed of an artificial cyclic lipid that mimics archaeal membrane lipids. Unlike reconstituted bR in 1,2-dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine vesicles, the net topology and structure of bR molecules in cyclic lipid vesicles are identical to those in the native purple membrane of Halobacterium salinarum.

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