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Contribution of chemical quenching of singlet oxygen to pro- and antioxidant activity of carotenoids

2012/07/B/NZ1/02876

Keywords:

carotenoids singlet oxygen lipids membranes

Descriptors:

  • NZ1_2: Biochemistry
  • NZ1_3: Biophysics

Panel:

NZ1 - Molecular biology, structural biology, biotechnology: molecular biology, structural biology, biotechnology

Host institution :

Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Wydział Biochemii, Biofizyki i Biotechnologii

woj. małopolskie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

prof. Leszek Fiedor 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 6

Call: OPUS 4 - announced on 2012-09-15

Amount awarded: 835 700 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2013-08-13

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2017-12-12

Project duration:: 52 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. Komputer PC z monitorem wysokiej klasy (5 608 PLN)
  2. Komora anaerobowa (4 715 PLN)
  3. Linia próżniowa z pompą prózniową (44 000 PLN)
  4. Stołowa wirówka laboratoryjna z chłodzeniem (17 200 PLN)
  5. komora laminarna z inkubatorem (60 000 PLN)

Information in the final report

  • Publication in academic press/journals (4)
  • Book publications / chapters in book publications (1)
  1. Effects of molecular symmetry on the electronic transitions in carotenoids
    Authors:
    L. Fiedor, J. Fiedor, Heriyanto and M. Pilch
    Academic press:
    J. Phys. Chem. Lett. (rok: 2016, tom: 7, strony: 1821-1829), Wydawca: ACS
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b00637 - link to the publication
  2. Side methyl groups control the conformation and contribute to symmetry breaking of isoprenoid chromophores
    Authors:
    Leszek Fiedor and Mariusz Pilch
    Academic press:
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (rok: 2018, tom: 57, strony: 6501-6506), Wydawca: Wiley
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1002/anie.201802094 - link to the publication
  3. invited review: The origin of the dark states in carotenoids. A comprehensive model.
    Authors:
    Leszek Fiedor, Alina Dukowiak, Mariusz Pilch
    Academic press:
    Journal of the Royal Society Interface , Wydawca: The Royal Society
    Status:
    Submitted
  4. Intrinsic photoprotective mechanisms in chlorophylls
    Authors:
    2.Kotkowiak, M., Dudkowiak, A., and Fiedor, L.
    Academic press:
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (rok: 2017, tom: 56, strony: 10457-10461), Wydawca: Wiley
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1002/anie.201705357 - link to the publication
  1. Tetrapyrrole Pigments of Photosynthetic Antennae and Reaction Centers of higher plants: Structures, Biophysics, Functions, Biochemistry, Mechanisms of Regulation, Applications.
    Authors:
    Leszek Fiedor, Mateusz Zbyradowski, Mariusz Pilch
    Book:
    Advances in Botanical Research: Metabolism, Structure and Function of Plant Chlorophylls (rok: 2019, ), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Accepted for publication