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SUBMITTER: Holbrook RJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4487626 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20150302 9
We describe a mechanism of light activation that initiates protein inhibitory action of a biologically inert Co(III) Schiff base (Co(III)-sb) complex. Photoinduced electron transfer (PET) occurs from a Ru(II) bipyridal complex to a covalently attached Co(III) complex and is gated by conformational changes that occur in tens of nanoseconds. Reduction of the Co(III)-sb by PET initiates displacement of the inert axial imidazole ligands, promoting coordination to active site histidines of α-thrombin ...[more]