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SUBMITTER: Kang B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5500559 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Scientific reports 20170706 1
The energy flow during natural photosynthesis is controlled by maintaining the spatial arrangement of pigments, employing helices as scaffolds. In this study, we have developed porphyrin-peptoid (pigment-helix) conjugates (PPCs) that can modulate the donor-acceptor energy transfer efficiency with exceptional precision by controlling the relative distance and orientation of the two pigments. Five donor-acceptor molecular dyads were constructed using zinc porphyrin and free base porphyrin (Zn(i + ...[more]