Research Article

The Evolutionary Relationship between Microbial Rhodopsins and Metazoan Rhodopsins

Table 1

PDB accession numbers for two metazoan rhodopsins and five microbial rhodopsins.

PDB numberProtein nameSpeciesClassification

1U19RhodopsinBos taurus (bovine)Eukaryota
(Animalia)
2Z73RhodopsinTodarodes pacificus (Japanese flying squid)Eukaryota
(Animalia)
1GU8Sensory rhodopsin IINatronobacterium pharaonisArchaea
(Halobacteria)
1JV6BacteriorhodopsinHalobacterium salinarumArchaea
(Halobacteria)
1XIOAnabaena sensory rhodopsinNostoc sp. pcc 7120Bacteria
(Cyanobacteria)
3A7KHalorhodopsinNatronomonas pharaonis dsm 2160Archaea
(Halobacteria)
3DDLXanthorhodopsinSalinibacter ruberBacteria
(Sphingobacteria)