Raman spectroscopic study of the Chromobacterium violaceum pigment violacein using multiwavelength excitation and DFT calculations
Jehlička, J. Edwards, Howell G.M. Nemec, I. Oren, A.
Jehlička, J.
Edwards, Howell G.M.
Nemec, I.
Oren, A.
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Violacein is a bisindole pigment occurring as a biosynthetic product of Chromobacterium violaceum and Janthinobacterium lividum. It has some structural similarities to the cyanobacterial UV-protective pigment scytonemin, which has been the subject of comprehensive spectroscopic and structural studies. A detailed experimental Raman spectroscopic study with visible and near-infrared excitation of violacein produced by C. violaceum has been undertaken and supported using theoretical DFT calculations. Raman spectra with 514 and 785 nm excitation of cultivated cells as well as extracts and Gaussian (B3LYP/6-311++G(d,p)) calculations with proposed molecular vibrational assignments are reported here.
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Jehlicka J, Edwards HGM, Nemec I et al (2015) Raman spectroscopic study of the Chromobacterium violaceum pigment violacein using multiwavelength excitation and DFT calculations. Spectrochimica Acta A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy. 151: 459-467.
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