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Cover Picture: Nanohybrids Composed of Quantum Dots and Cytochrome P450 as Photocatalysts (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 3/2006)
Author(s) -
Ipe Binil Itty,
Niemeyer Christof M.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200690007
Subject(s) - radical , chemistry , quantum dot , photochemistry , cover (algebra) , polymer chemistry , materials science , nanotechnology , organic chemistry , mechanical engineering , engineering
Sunlight does chemistry in nanohybrids composed of CdS quantum dots (QDs) and enzyme P450 BSβ . The hybrids, which are self‐assembled through electrostatic interactions between the negatively charged QDs and the positively charged His 6 ‐marked P450, produce hydroxyl and superoxide radicals upon irradiation. In their Communication on page 504 ff., B. I. Ipe and C. M. Niemeyer report that these reactive oxygen species activate P450 to catalyze the monooxygenation of myristic acid. (Graphic prepared by P. Alhorn, B. Ipe, and K. Rabe.)