Development of a Benzimidazole-Based Protransporter with Photoactivatable Nitrate Transport Activity

Abstract

A very few synthetic transporters for nitrate ion have been reported till date. Nitrate transporters have found implication in gastric protection, platelet aggregation inhibition and blood pressure regulation along with nitrate transport in plants. Herein we report a transporter selectively transporting nitrate. These transporters mimic the work of natural nitrate transporter proteins along with spatiotemporal control for the transport attributed to the photocleavable group present in the transporter