Carotenoids play the dual function of light harvesting and photoprotection in photosynthetic organisms. Despite their functional importance, the molecular basis for binding of carotenoids in the photosynthetic proteins is poorly understood. We have discovered that all carotenoids are surrounded either by aromatic residues or by chlorophylls in all known crystal structures of the photosynthetic ...

The intermolecular interactions of cocrystals can be controlled via selecting the donors and acceptors, then TPA properties selectively adjusted, promoting development materials prepared cocrystal engineering.

in this paper, the hydrogen bonding (hb) effects on the nmr chemical shifts of selected atoms in serineand serine-nh2o complexes (from one to ten water molecules) have been investigated with quantummechanical calculations of the 15n and 13c tensors. interaction with water molecules causes importantchanges in geometry and electronic structure of serine.for the compound studied, the most importan...