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Halorhodopsin

Index Halorhodopsin

Halorhodopsin is a light-gated ion pump, specific for chloride ions, found in archaea, known as halobacteria. [1]

28 relations: Anion-conducting channelrhodopsin, Archaea, Archaerhodopsin, Bacterial rhodopsins, Bacteriorhodopsin, Behavioral neuroscience, Channelrhodopsin, GAL4/UAS system, Gene therapy for epilepsy, Haloarchaea, Halobacteriaceae, Halobacteriales, Herwig Baier, Kir2.1, List of life sciences, List of MeSH codes (D12.776), List of MeSH codes (D12.776.157), List of MeSH codes (D12.776.543), Microbial rhodopsin, Opsin, Optogenetics, Peter Hegemann, Photoactivatable probes, Photoreceptor protein, Photostimulation, Retinal, Retinylidene protein, Rhodopsin.

Anion-conducting channelrhodopsin

Anion-conducting channelrhodopsins are light-gated ion channels that open in response to light and let negatively charged ions (such as chloride) enter a cell.

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Archaea

Archaea (or or) constitute a domain of single-celled microorganisms.

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Archaerhodopsin

Archaerhodopsin (alternatively known as bacterio-opsin) is a family of receptor proteins that respond to light, found in Archaea.

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Bacterial rhodopsins

Bacterial rhodopsins are a family of bacterial opsins.

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Bacteriorhodopsin

Bacteriorhodopsin is a protein used by Archaea, most notably by Halobacteria, a class of the Euryarchaeota.

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Behavioral neuroscience

Behavioral neuroscience, also known as biological psychology, biopsychology, or psychobiology, Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary is the application of the principles of biology to the study of physiological, genetic, and developmental mechanisms of behavior in humans and other animals.

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Channelrhodopsin

Channelrhodopsins are a subfamily of retinylidene proteins (rhodopsins) that function as light-gated ion channels.

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GAL4/UAS system

The GAL4-UAS system is a biochemical method used to study gene expression and function in organisms such as the fruit fly.

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Gene therapy for epilepsy

Gene therapy is being studied for some forms of epilepsy.

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Haloarchaea

Haloarchaea (halophilic archaea, halophilic archaebacteria, halobacteria) are a class of the Euryarchaeota, found in water saturated or nearly saturated with salt.

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Halobacteriaceae

In taxonomy, the Halobacteriaceae are a family of the Halobacteriales in the domain Archaea.

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Halobacteriales

In taxonomy, the Halobacteriales are an order of the Halobacteria, found in water saturated or nearly saturated with salt.

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Herwig Baier

Herwig Baier (born May 21, 1965) in Münster is a German neurobiologist with dual German and US-American citizenship.

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Kir2.1

The Kir2.1 inward-rectifier potassium ion channel is encoded by the gene.

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List of life sciences

The life sciences or biological sciences comprise the branches of science that involve the scientific study of life and organisms – such as microorganisms, plants, and animals including human beings – as well as related considerations like bioethics.

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List of MeSH codes (D12.776)

This is part of the list of the "D" codes for MeSH.

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List of MeSH codes (D12.776.157)

This is a sub-part (carrier proteins only) of List of MeSH codes (D12.776), itself a part of the list of the "D" codes for MeSH.

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List of MeSH codes (D12.776.543)

This is a sub-part (membrane proteins only) of List of MeSH codes (D12.776), itself a part of the list of the "D" codes for MeSH.

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Microbial rhodopsin

Microbial rhodopsin, also known as type-I rhodopsin, is a photochemically active membrane protein composed of seven transmembrane alpha-helices with a retinal chromophore.

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Opsin

Opsins are a group of proteins, made light-sensitive, via the chromophore retinal found in photoreceptor cells of the retina.

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Optogenetics

Optogenetics is a biological technique which involves the use of light to control cells in living tissue, typically neurons, that have been genetically modified to express light-sensitive ion channels.

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Peter Hegemann

Peter Hegemann (born 11 December 1954 in Münster, West Germany) is Professor and Head of the Department for Biophysics at the Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany.

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Photoactivatable probes

Photoactivation is a technique used in biological research to specifically activate cellular players (proteins, nucleic acids, small molecules) by a flash of light in order to study processes in cells.

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Photoreceptor protein

Photoreceptor proteins are light-sensitive proteins involved in the sensing and response to light in a variety of organisms.

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Photostimulation

Photostimulation is the use of light to artificially activate biological compounds, cells, tissues, or even whole organisms.

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Retinal

Retinal is also known as retinaldehyde.

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Retinylidene protein

Retinylidene protein, is a family of proteins that use retinal as a chromophore for light reception.

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Rhodopsin

Rhodopsin (also known as visual purple) is a light-sensitive receptor protein involved in visual phototransduction.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halorhodopsin

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