Preparation and spectroscopic properties of Co III -isobacteriochlorins: relationship to the cobalt-containing proteins from Desulphovibrio gigas and D. desulphuricans

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  • ABAlan R. Battersby
    Alan R. Battersby
  • ZSZhi-Chu Sheng
    Zhi-Chu Sheng
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Abstract
It is concluded that prosthetic groups of the cobalt-containing proteins from Desulphovibrio gigas and D. desulphuricans are cobalt isobacteriochlorins because their absorption spectra exactly match those of authentic cobalt isobacteriochorins now prepared and characterized.