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Some lipids and glycolipids interact with the trimeric structure. They fill the intratrimer hydrophobic space and they are required to the complex activity. Others lipids surround the trimeric structure, which is essential to preserve it.
Some lipids and glycolipids interact with the trimeric structure. They fill the intratrimer hydrophobic space and they are required to the complex activity. Others lipids surround the trimeric structure, which is essential to preserve it.
'''Structure of the Archaerhodopsin-2 (aR2)'''
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Archaerhodopsin-2 consists of the protein moiety opsin and a reversibly covalently bound cofactor, retinal. The protein opsin  is a 7-helix transmembrane protein.