Open AccessStudies on the Structure and Function of Phytochromes as Photoreceptors Based on Synthetic Organic Chemistry
Author(s) -
Katsuhiko Inomata
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
bulletin of the chemical society of japan
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.145
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 1348-0634
pISSN - 0009-2673
DOI - 10.1246/bcsj.81.25
Subject(s) - chemistry , tetrapyrrole , phytochrome , chromophore , function (biology) , steric effects , biophysics , nanotechnology , stereochemistry , photochemistry , botany , biochemistry , microbiology and biotechnology , red light , materials science , biology , enzyme
We developed an efficient and flexible general method for the preparation of linear tetrapyrrole (bilin) chromophores of phytochromes as photoreceptors, including sterically locked derivatives as photoreceptors. Assembly experiments of the synthesized chromophores with apophytochromes in vitro and in vivo provided us insights into the structure and function of phytochromes. An efficient and flexible synthetic method of phytochrome chromophores was developed. Assembly experiments of the synthetic chromophores with apophytochromes in vitro and in vivo provided us insights into the structure and function of phytochromes as photoreceptors. Fullsize Imag