The photosynthetic reaction center (RC) from the purple Rhodobacter (R.) sphaeroides bacterium is a protein with unique photoconversion capability that can be exploited in hybrid systems for energy conversion. We have developed a tailored aryleneethynylene organic fluorophore (AE750) acting as efficient light harvesting antenna and successfully bioconjugated it to the photosynthetic RC. We have also demonstrated that, under suitable conditions, the biohybrid AE750-RC system can outperform the energy photoconversion ability of the native protein.
A far-red emitting aryleneethynylene fluorophore used as light harvesting antenna in hybrid assembly with the photosynthetic reaction center
LA GATTA, SIMONA;AGOSTIANO, Angela;TANGORRA, ROCCO ROBERTO;OPERAMOLLA, ALESSANDRA;FARINOLA, Gianluca Maria;RAGNI, ROBERTA
2016-01-01
Abstract
The photosynthetic reaction center (RC) from the purple Rhodobacter (R.) sphaeroides bacterium is a protein with unique photoconversion capability that can be exploited in hybrid systems for energy conversion. We have developed a tailored aryleneethynylene organic fluorophore (AE750) acting as efficient light harvesting antenna and successfully bioconjugated it to the photosynthetic RC. We have also demonstrated that, under suitable conditions, the biohybrid AE750-RC system can outperform the energy photoconversion ability of the native protein.File in questo prodotto:
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