单词 | bacteriorhodopsin |
释义 | bacteriorhodopsin in American English (bækˌtɪriˌoʊroʊˈdɑpsɪn) noun a purple protein containing retinal and found in the plasma membrane of certain bacteria (genus Halobacterium): it directly supplies electrochemical energy from sunlight bacteriorhodopsin in American English (bækˌtɪəriourouˈdɑpsɪn) noun Biochemistry a protein complex in the membrane of halobacteria that conducts a unique form of photosynthesis, employing the light-sensitive pigment retinal rather than the chlorophyll used by all other known photosynthetic organisms Word origin [1975–80; bacterio- + rhodopsin]This word is first recorded in the period 1975–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: front-load, hybridoma, noogie, surrogate mother, videotexExamples of 'bacteriorhodopsin' in a sentence |
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