title: Supramolecular binding of cationic porphyrins on a filamentous bacteriophage template: toward a noncovalent antenna system.
abstract: Engineered viruses act as scaffolds to bind porphyrins on their surfaces, exploiting mainly electrostatic interactions. The close proximity between porphyrins and tryptophan residues, exposed on the solvent-accessible surface, leads to an efficient resonant energy transfer, which makes these systems suitable for developing noncovalent antenna systems.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chimica Inorganica, Chimica Analitica e Chimica Fisica, Università di Messina and C.I.R.C.M.S.B., Unità di Messina, Salita Sperone 31, 98166 Messina, Italy. lmonsu@unime.it
authors.forename: Luigi Monsù
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Scolaro
authors.forename: Maria Angela
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Castriciano
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Romeo
authors.forename: Norberto
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Micali
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Angelini
authors.forename: Carla
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lo Passo
authors.forename: Franco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Felici
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D017104:Bacteriophage M13 / Q000737:chemistry; D001665:Binding Sites; D002412:Cations; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D017912:Inovirus / Q000737:chemistry*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011166:Porphyrins / Q000737:chemistry*; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D013698:Templates, Genetic
chemical_list: D002412:Cations; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D011166:Porphyrins