English Explanatory Dictionary

halorhodopsin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A light-driven ion pump, specific to chloride ions, found in phylogenetically ancient archaea known as halobacteria.

Word forms

halorhodopsin halorhodopsins

Etymology

From halo- + rhodopsin.

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