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Inside Cover: Chlorophyll‐Derived Yellow Phyllobilins of Higher Plants as Medium‐Responsive Chiral Photoswitches (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 51/2016)
Author(s) -
Li Chengjie,
Wurst Klaus,
Jockusch Steffen,
Gruber Karl,
Podewitz Maren,
Liedl Klaus R.,
Kräutler Bernhard
Publication year - 2016
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.201611033
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , cover (algebra) , chemistry , chlorophyll , botany , stereochemistry , biology , engineering , mechanical engineering , paleontology
The beautiful colors of fall leaves appear when chlorophyll is degraded, producing mostly colorless phyllobilins. In their Communication on page 15760 ff., B. Kräutler et al. report that yellow phyllobilins, which naturally occur in fall leaves, have “right‐handed” structures, and are extraordinary four‐stage photoswitches. Their unique photochemical properties suggest that phyllobilins play roles in leaves that are currently still unknown, possibly in the context of photoregulation.