著者

中川 敦史

出版者

日本結晶学会

雑誌

日本結晶学会誌 (ISSN:03694585)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.35, no.5, pp.327-333, 1993-10-25 (Released:2010-09-30)

参考文献数

21

被引用文献数

3 5

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Flower colors, from red through purple to blue, are mostly from anthocyanins. Although there are many colors, only a few anthocyanins are found. We have succeeded to solve the structure of real anthocyanin and a sugar containing flavonoid, Cd-commelinin, using the Weissenberg camera for macromolecular crystallography with imaging plates at the Photon Factory. The blue flower-color development and the stability of the color can be explained by metal complexation of anthocyanin and intermolecular hydrophobic association. Commelinin is a new type of stoichiometric supramolecule, which consists of low molecular mass components.