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Cover Feature: Fluorescence Properties of Flavin Semiquinone Radicals in Nitronate Monooxygenase (ChemBioChem 13/2019)
Author(s) -
Su Dan,
Kabir Mohammad Pabel,
OrozcoGonzalez Yoelvis,
Gozem Samer,
Gadda Giovanni
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
chembiochem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.05
H-Index - 126
eISSN - 1439-7633
pISSN - 1439-4227
DOI - 10.1002/cbic.201900373
Subject(s) - flavin group , photochemistry , semiquinone , fluorescence , chemistry , flavoprotein , radical , nitronate , stereochemistry , physics , organic chemistry , optics , quinone , nitro , alkyl , enzyme
The neutral flavin semiquinone radical stabilized in the active site of nitronate monooxygenase shows novel fluorescence behavior. It displays a broad UV–visible absorption spectrum in the near‐UV and visible light range and emits red fluorescence when excited with yellow and red light. Such fluorescence is not observed when using excitation light of a shorter wavelength. How the excitation‐wavelength‐dependent fluorescence behavior violates the Kasha–Vavilov rule is discussed in depth in the communication by G. Gadda et al. on page 1646 in Issue 13, 2019 (DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201900016).