Hybrid retinoid analogs as instruments for the nanobiophotonic researches

Abstract

This mini-review presents experimental data obtained by the authors in the context of a cycle of structural-functional research on bionanophotochrome bacteriorhodopsin carried out during the past 10 years. We reviewed the synthetic routes and structure-spectral parameters-properties relationship for a number of series of hybrid retinoid analogs and bacteriorhodopsin analogs based on them.

Keywords

• nanobiophotonics
• retinoids
• retinal
• bacteriorhodopsin and its analogs
• photocycle
• photochromes
• spiropyrans
• dithienylethenes
• crown-ethers