| Literature DB >> 26220698 |
Ana P Gamiz-Hernandez1, Iva Neycheva Angelova2, Robert Send2, Dage Sundholm3, Ville R I Kaila4.
Abstract
β-Crustacyanin (β-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 β-CR through electrostatic and steric effects.Entities:
Keywords: biochromophores; computational chemistry; crustacyanin; quantum chemsitry; spectral tuning
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26220698 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201501609
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Angew Chem Int Ed Engl ISSN: 1433-7851 Impact factor: 15.336