Budget Amount *help |
¥4,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,080,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2010: ¥2,470,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥570,000)
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Research Abstract |
In the membrane of Halobaterium salinarum, there exists sensory rhodopsin (SR) which acts as a photoreceptor of phototaxis of this bacterium. Photo-induced proton transfer of SR was made clear. So-called M-intermediate is considered to be functionally important, but we showed that this intermediate is fragile. We devised the apparatus which can monitor time-resolved photo-induced proton transfer. We first showed a so-called N-intermediate in SR. The photochemistry of SRIII was first clarified.
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