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We have purified a new violet pigment derived from Shewanella violacea DSS12 to determine its chemical structure. The pigment colored blue in tetrahydrofuran (THF) or chloroform and showed a broad absorption spectrum from 500 to 700 nm. X-ray diffraction analysis of single crystals showed that the chemical structure of this pigment was 5,5′-didodecylamino-4,4′-dihydroxy-3,3′-diazodiphenoquinone-(2,2′), containing the same chromophore as an indigoidine known as microbial blue pigment. The violet color of this pigment was due to hypsochromic shift (blue shift) caused by the side-by-side orientation of this pigment molecule, revealed by X-ray structural analyses of a single crystal.
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Kobayashi, H., Nogi, Y. & Horikoshi, K. New violet 3,3′-bipyridyl pigment purified from deep-sea microorganism Shewanella violacea DSS12. Extremophiles 11, 245–250 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00792-006-0032-3
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