Nature hasd eveloped supramolecular constructs to delivero utstanding charge-transport capabilities usingm etalloporphyrin-baseds upramoleculara rrays. Herein we incorporate simple,n aturally inspired supramolecular interactions via theaxial complexation of metalloporphyrinsintothe formation of as ingle-molecule wire in an anoscale gap. Smalls tructural changesi nt he axialc oordinatingl inkers result in dramatic changesi nt he transportp ropertieso ft he metalloporphyrinbasedw ire. Thei ncreased flexibilityo fapyridine-4-yl-methanethiol ligand duet oa ne xtra methyl group, as compared to am orer igid 4-pyridinethioll inker, allows thep yridine-4-ylmethanethiol ligand to adopta nu nexpectedh ighlyc onductive stackeds tructure betweent he twoj unctione lectrodesa nd the metalloporphyrin ring.D FT calculations reveal am olecular junction structurec omposedo fashifteds tack of thet wo pyridiniclinkers andthe metalloporphyrin ring.Incontrast, the more rigid4-mercaptopyridineligandpresentsamore classical lifted octahedral coordinationo ft he metalloporphyrin metal center,l eading to al ongere lectronp athway of lowerc onductance. This worksopens to supramolecular electronics, aconcept alreadyexploited in naturalorganisms.