Biological macromolecules are utilized in low‐temperature synthetic methods to exert precise control over nanoparticle nucleation and placement. They enable low‐temperature formation of a variety of functional nanostructured materials with properties often not achieved via conventional synthetic techniques. Here we report on the in situ visualization of a novel acidic bacterial recombinant protein, MamC, commonly present in the magnetosome membrane of several magnetotactic bacteria, including Magnetococcus marinus , strain MC‐1. Our findings provide an insight into the self‐assembly of MamC and point to formation of the extended protein surface, which is assumed to play an important role in the formation of biotemplated inorganic nanoparticles. The self‐organization of MamC is compared to the behavior of another acidic recombinant iron‐binding protein, Mms6.
@article{osti_1227740,
author = {Kashyap, Sanjay and Woehl, Taylor and Valverde-Tercedor, Carmen and Sánchez-Quesada, Miguel and Jiménez López, Concepción and Prozorov, Tanya and Bai, ed., Hao},
title = {Visualization of Iron‐Binding Micelles in Acidic Recombinant Biomineralization Protein, MamC},
annote = { Biological macromolecules are utilized in low‐temperature synthetic methods to exert precise control over nanoparticle nucleation and placement. They enable low‐temperature formation of a variety of functional nanostructured materials with properties often not achieved via conventional synthetic techniques. Here we report on the in situ visualization of a novel acidic bacterial recombinant protein, MamC, commonly present in the magnetosome membrane of several magnetotactic bacteria, including Magnetococcus marinus , strain MC‐1. Our findings provide an insight into the self‐assembly of MamC and point to formation of the extended protein surface, which is assumed to play an important role in the formation of biotemplated inorganic nanoparticles. The self‐organization of MamC is compared to the behavior of another acidic recombinant iron‐binding protein, Mms6. },
doi = {10.1155/2014/320124},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1227740},
journal = {Journal of Nanomaterials},
issn = {ISSN 1687-4110},
number = {1},
volume = {2014},
place = {Egypt},
publisher = {Hindawi Publishing Corporation},
year = {2014},
month = {04}}
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