What is it about?
Characterization and high-resolution structure of an Organic Lake Phycodnavirus rhodopsin II (OLPVRII) of group 2.
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Why is it important?
The structure is unique among the known rhodopsins. Structural and functional data and molecular dynamics suggest that OLPVRII might be a light-gated pentameric ion channel analogous to pentameric ligand-gated ion channels.
Perspectives
Our results shed light on a fundamentally distinct branch of rhodopsins. They contribute to the understanding of virus-host interactions in ecologically important marine protists.
Professor Dietmar J. Manstein
Medizinische Hochschule Hannover
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This page is a summary of: Unique structure and function of viral rhodopsins, Nature Communications, October 2019, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-12718-0.
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