ABSTRACT
Physiological, evolutionary, and structural properties of octopus rhodopsin are summarized in this chapter along with their utilization for nanobioelectronics, based on the optical reversibility and photoregeneration of rhodopsins themselves. The fundamental properties of thin Langmuir-Blodgett films of octopus and bovine rhodopsins presented in this chapter appear essential for their use in nanobioelectronics. Applications that utilize both wild-type and recombinant octopus rhodopsin are, furthermore, shown, such as quantum computation and photodevices.
