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Protein-Induced Color Shift of Carotenoids in β-Crustacyanin

Journal

ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
Volume 54, Issue 39, Pages 11564-11566

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WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201501609

Keywords

biochromophores; computational chemistry; crustacyanin; quantum chemsitry; spectral tuning

Funding

  1. Academy of Finland project [137460, 266227]
  2. Computational Science Research Programme [LASTU/258258]
  3. Magnus Ehrnrooth
  4. Jane foundation
  5. Aatos Erkko foundation
  6. Academy of Finland (AKA) [266227, 137460] Funding Source: Academy of Finland (AKA)

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beta-Crustacyanin (beta-CR) is a pigment protein responsible for the blue color of lobsters. We show using correlated ab initio calculations how the protein environment tunes the chromophores of beta-CR through electrostatic and steric effects.

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