Molecular photoswitches enable dynamic control of processes with high spatiotemporal
precision, using light as external stimulus, and hence are ideal tools for different research …

Diarylethene (DAE) photoswitches, known for their reversible photoinduced cyclization and
cycloreversion reactions, have shown great promise in various fields such as optical data …

Within the canonical repertoire of the amino acid involved in protein biogenesis, proline
plays a unique role as an amino acid presenting a modified backbone rather than a side …

Light is unsurpassed in its ability to modulate biological interactions. Since their discovery,
chemists have been fascinated by photosensitive molecules capable of switching between …

Gene therapy via retroviral vectors holds great promise for treating a variety of serious
diseases. It requires the use of additives to boost infectivity. Amyloid-like peptide nanofibers …

Dithienylethenes are a type of diarylethene and they constitute one of the most widely
studied classes of photoswitch, yet there have been no systematic studies of how electron …

Gramicidin S (GS), one of the oldest commercially used peptide antibiotics, is known for its
robust antibacterial activity against both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacterial strains …

In recent years, the occurrence of antibiotic-resistant pathogens is increasing rapidly. There
is growing concern as the development of antibiotics is slower than the increase in the …

Membrane proteins can be regulated by alterations in material properties intrinsic to the
hosting lipid bilayer. Here, we investigated whether the reversible photoisomerization of …

Gramicidin S, natural antimicrobial peptide is used commercially in medicinal lozenges for
sore throat and Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacterial infections. However, its clinical …