First quantifications of marine microbial rhodopsin reveal a major role in solar energy capture in the surface ocean.
We report the first vertical distributions of the three energy-converting pigments measured along a contrasting nutrient gradient through the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.
Due to its unique properties, bR can be used in a wide variety of fields, including solar power production, fuel cells, military camouflage, optical devices (photodetectors and artificial
Rhodopsin has a wide range of uses as an important element of sustainable synthetic biology, with potential applications across diverse fields, such as bioproduction, solar energy conversion,
Some bacteria have the ability to convert solar energy into chemical energy – not unlike photosynthesis in plants. They can do so thanks to a protein called rhodopsin.
In contrast, rhodopsin only has one simple protein, able to express it in many different organisms. It has been discovered that microbial rhodopsins are also major contributors to solar energy capture on
While studying microbes found at the ocean''s surface, several scientists from USC found that rhodopsin-driven photosynthesis can absorb just as much light energy as traditional chlorophyll
Here, our results suggest a new possibility, in which the carotenoid was used by microbial rhodopsin to enhance the capturing of solar energy and promote its proton pumping ability.
In the artificial photosynthesis system, light energy is absorbed by a solar panel and rhodopsin to generate electricity and drive the metabolism, respectively.
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