Photochromic Coenzyme Q Derivatives: Switching Redox Potentials with Light

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-360136
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.36013

Simeth, Nadja Anita

; Kneuttinger, Andrea C. ; Sterner, Reinhard ; König, Burkhard

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Abstract

Coenzyme Q is an important redox cofactor involved in a variety of cellular processes, and thus found in several cell compartments. We report a photochromic derivative of coenzyme Q that combines the molecular structures of the redox active cofactor and a photochromic dye. Light irradiation triggers an electronic rearrangement reversibly changing the redox potential. We used this effect to ...