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Visible-light induced hydrogen production using a polypeptide–chlorophyll complex with α-helix conformation

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Hydrogen production was accomplished under visible-light irradiation by using a system consisting of a biomolecule (chlorophyll a), methylviologen, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid disodium salt and Pt-loaded poly(l-glutamate) (Poly(Glu)), in aqueous decylammonium chloride (DeAC) solution. Spectroscopic studies revealed that chlorophyll a is solubilized in the hydrophobic clusters of Pt-loaded Poly(Glu)–decylammonium chloride. In the Poly(Glu)–DeAC complex, the electron transfer occurred between chlorophyll a and methylviologen leading to hydrogen production. The most noticeable result is that the rate of hydrogen evolution depends on the change from the random coil to the α-helix in conformation of Poly(Glu) induced by the cooperative binding with DeAC.

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    Pascaline Ngweniform, Yoshihumi Kusumoto, Takeo Teshima, Miyuki Ikeda, Shouichi Somekawa & Bashir Ahmmad

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Ngweniform, P., Kusumoto, Y., Teshima, T. et al. Visible-light induced hydrogen production using a polypeptide–chlorophyll complex with α-helix conformation. Photochem Photobiol Sci 6, 165–170 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1039/b615367d

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