Photochemical properties of a myoglobin-CdTe quantum dot conjugate.
A myoglobin-cadmium telluride quantum dot conjugate was constructed using an artificial heme modified with a thiol moiety as a linker. Irradiation of the myoglobin-cadmium telluride conjugate generated the photoreduced ferrous myoglobin via an electron transfer from the photoexcited quantum dot, leading to the formation of CO-bound myoglobin under a CO atmosphere.
Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
Akira
A
Onoda
Tomoki
T
Himiyama
Kei
K
Ohkubo
Shunichi
S
Fukuzumi
Takashi
T
Hayashi
D019187:Cadmium Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D002248:Carbon Monoxide / Q000378:metabolism; D004579:Electron Transport; D006418:Heme / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D049449:Luminescence; D008958:Models, Molecular; D009211:Myoglobin / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D045663:Quantum Dots; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D013691:Tellurium / Q000737:chemistry*
D019187:Cadmium Compounds; D009211:Myoglobin; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds; D006418:Heme; D002248:Carbon Monoxide; D013691:Tellurium; C028337:cadmium telluride