Synthesis and production of a range of SM, DPP and PhyC analogues, all in >100 mg quantities

A range of synthetic procedures will be developed along with established routes to produce a library of natureinspired SM DPP analogues with functional moieties positioned at various locations along the rings see Fig 2C in addition to the synthesis of oligomeric SMs APT Likewise PhyCs synthesis bacterial expression or extraction will be utilised UASILS Particular attention will be paid to ensure that these molecules are watersoluble Results obtained from WPs24 will allow us to determine structureactivity relationships and identify the key structural features responsible for the activities eg absorptionfluorescence characteristics UW photodegradation products APT BfR UAHIMS enabling further design improvements to the most promising candidates Having identified the most active candidates which correspondingly adhere best to surfaces such as cellulose and polydimethylacrylamide PDMA we will seek to optimise their synthetic pathways to provide green and industryrelevant processes eg biocatalytic pathways