On-off transition and ultrafast decay of amino acid luminescence driven by modulation of supramolecular packing

Summary: Luminescence of biomolecules in the visible range of the spectrum has been experimentally observed upon aggregation, contrary to their monomeric state. However, the physical basis for this phenomenon is still elusive. Here, we systematically examine all coded amino acids to provide non-bias...

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Main Authors: Zohar A. Arnon, Topaz Kreiser, Boris Yakimov, Noam Brown, Ruth Aizen, Shira Shaham-Niv, Pandeeswar Makam, Muhammad Nawaz Qaisrani, Emiliano Poli, Antonella Ruggiero, Inna Slutsky, Ali Hassanali, Evgeny Shirshin, Davide Levy, Ehud Gazit
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-07-01
Series:iScience
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004221006635