Halobium
Glutamate
Transport
System
The
glutamate
transport
system
of
Halobacterium
Halobium
has
bacterial
rhodopsin
in
its
membrane,
which
constitutes
a
light
driven
proton
pump.
The bacterium lives in an environment with high salt concentration. It contains a proton, sodium antiport system and has a large sodium gradient across the membrane.
