[HTML][HTML] Microbial canthaxanthin: an orange-red keto carotenoid with potential pharmaceutical applications

V Gaur, S Bera - BioTechnologia, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Canthaxanthin is an orange-red keto-carotenoid that occurs naturally and is also
manufactured by synthetic methods for regular applications. In nature, canthaxanthin mainly …

Orthogonal translation with 5‐cyanotryptophan as an infrared probe for local structural information, electrostatics, and hydrogen bonding

GJ von Freiherr Sass, M Blain‐Hartung… - Protein …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Orthogonal translation is an efficient tool that provides many valuable spectral probes
capable of covering different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum and thus enabling …

Intrinsic tryptophan fluorescence quenching by iodine in non-canonical amino acid reveals alteration of the hydrogen bond network in the photoactive orange …

GV Tsoraev, AY Bukhanko, AA Mamchur… - Biochemical and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Orange Carotenoid Protein (OCP) regulates cyanobacterial photosynthetic
activity through photoactivation in intense light. A hydrogen bonding network involving the …

[HTML][HTML] Raman vibrational signatures of excited states of echinenone in the Orange Carotenoid Protein (OCP) and implications for its photoactivation mechanism

P Chrupková, IHM van Stokkum, T Friedrich… - Journal of Molecular …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, the vibrational characteristics of optically excited echinenone in various
solvents and the Orange Carotenoid Protein (OCP) in red and orange states are …

Potential Impact of Genetic-Code Mutations on Medicine and Health

TF Wong, H Xue - Medical Research Archives, 2023 - esmed.org
The genetic code encoding amino acid sequences in ribosomal translation consists of an
alphabet of 61 triplet codons for 20 amino acids and three chain termination signals …