Molecular assembly of zinc-nickel hybrid porphyrin dimer using synthetic 4 alpha-helix polypeptides

Takeuchi Y; Watanabe H; Kashiwada A; Nagata M; Ohtsuka T; Nishino N; Kawai H; Nagamura T; Kurono Y; Oku N; Nango M

Chemistry Letters, Vol.31, No.8, 848-849, 2002

Takeuchi Y, Watanabe H, Kashiwada A, Nagata M, Ohtsuka T, Nishino N, Kawai H, Nagamura T, Kurono Y, Oku N, Nango M

Molecular assembly of hybrid porphyrin dimer containing zinc and nickel mesoporphyrins using synthetic 4alpha-helix polypeptides induced an efficient energy-transfer between the porphyrins due to the presence of the polypeptide.