Converting molecular information of redox coenzymes via self-assembly

Masa-aki Morikawa; Nobuo Kimizuka

doi:10.1039/c2cc35827a

Converting molecular information of redox coenzymes via self-assembly

Chem Commun (Camb). 2012 Nov 21;48(90):11106-8. doi: 10.1039/c2cc35827a. Epub 2012 Oct 8.

Authors

Masa-aki Morikawa¹, Nobuo Kimizuka

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Moto-oka, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan.

PMID: 23042134
DOI: 10.1039/c2cc35827a

Abstract

β-Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD(+)) and its reduced form NADH specifically interact with a cyanine dye in aqueous media, giving distinct spectral and nanostructural characteristics to which molecular information of constituent coenzymes are converted via self-assembly.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Carbocyanines / chemistry
Coenzymes / chemistry*
Coenzymes / metabolism
NAD / chemistry
Nanofibers / chemistry
Nanoparticles / chemistry
Oxidation-Reduction

Substances

Carbocyanines
Coenzymes
NAD
cyanine dye 1