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Processus photochimiques ultra-rapides: Du laboratoire aux systèmes photoactifs naturels

Translated title of the contribution: Ultrafast photochemical processes: From the lab to natural photoactive systems
  • Monique M. Martin
  • , Pascal Plaza
  • , Pascale Changenet-Barret
  • , Agathe Espagne
  • , Mathilde Mahet
  • , Christian Ley
  • , Fabien Lacombat
  • PSL research University & IPSL
  • Université Paris-Sud 11
  • Institut Curie

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Abstract

The UV-Vis subpicosecond absorption spectroscopy has been used to characterize and probe in real-time the primary photoinduced chemical processes in two photosensory proteins extracted from photomotile micro-organisms. This approach to the structure-function relationship of these photoactive proteins consists in comparing their photophysics to that of their chromophore isolated in solution, in order to evidence the specificity of the natural chromophore-protein complex. It has been shown that the photoisomerisation kinetic and quantum yield of the chromophore of photoactive yellow protein (PYP) are controlled by the properties of the protein nanospace in which it is embedded, and also that the oxyblepharism binding protein (OBIP) undergoes photoinduced picosecond reactions.

Translated title of the contributionUltrafast photochemical processes: From the lab to natural photoactive systems
Original languageFrench
Pages (from-to)14-19
Number of pages6
JournalActualite Chimique
Issue number320-321
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2008

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