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Proteorhodopsin was expressed by E. coli strain UT5600 containing an additional plasmid encoding for the first-reported pR gene (accession #AF279106, obtained from the uncultured proteobacterium EBAC31A08 clone BAC [ 1 ] ) with an Ara promoter and ampicillin resistance (kindly provided by O. Béjà).
pR, proteorhodopsin; bR, bacteriorhodopsin; OG, β-octyl-D-glucoside; SDS, sodium dodecylsulfate; PAGE, polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis; pR-TCM, pR triple cysteine mutant [C(107,156,175)S]; DHPC, 1,2-diheptanoyl-SN-glycero-3-phosphocholine; DMPC, dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine; HEPES, N-2-hydroxyethylpiperazine-N'-2-ethanesulfonic acid
Proteorhodopsin is a 249-amino acid membrane protein native to several uncultured species of γ-proteobacteria, which are a component of marine plankton [ 1 ] . Addition of retinal to E. coli expressing pR was shown to cause a reddish coloration of the bacteria with an absorption maximum near 520 nm.