Photochemical properties of a myoglobin-CdTe quantum dot conjugate

Chem Commun (Camb). 2012 Aug 21;48(65):8054-6. doi: 10.1039/c2cc33046f. Epub 2012 Jun 7.

Abstract

A myoglobin-cadmium telluride quantum dot conjugate was constructed using an artificial heme modified with a thiol moiety as a linker. Irradiation of the myoglobin-cadmium telluride conjugate generated the photoreduced ferrous myoglobin via an electron transfer from the photoexcited quantum dot, leading to the formation of CO-bound myoglobin under a CO atmosphere.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Cadmium Compounds / chemistry*
  • Carbon Monoxide / metabolism
  • Electron Transport
  • Heme / chemistry*
  • Heme / metabolism
  • Luminescence
  • Models, Molecular
  • Myoglobin / chemistry*
  • Myoglobin / metabolism
  • Oxidation-Reduction
  • Quantum Dots*
  • Sulfhydryl Compounds / chemistry
  • Tellurium / chemistry*

Substances

  • Cadmium Compounds
  • Myoglobin
  • Sulfhydryl Compounds
  • Heme
  • Carbon Monoxide
  • Tellurium
  • cadmium telluride