Polysaccharide-Based Container Transportation System Powered by Molecular Motors

A valuable cargo: Polysaccharides (β‐1,3‐glucans) act as a host compound to various nanomaterial cargoes such as single‐walled carbon nanotubes. The cargo packed in the host container is transported on the rail (F‐actin) by wheels and a molecular motor (myosin) attached to the container (see picture...

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Published inAngewandte Chemie (International ed.) Vol. 49; no. 4; pp. 724 - 727
Main Authors Tsuchiya, Youichi, Komori, Tomotaka, Hirano, Minako, Shiraki, Tomohiro, Kakugo, Akira, Ide, Toru, Gong, Jian-Ping, Yamada, Sunao, Yanagida, Toshio, Shinkai, Seiji
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Weinheim Wiley-VCH Verlag 18.01.2010
WILEY-VCH Verlag
WILEY‐VCH Verlag
Subjects
Actins - chemistry
host-guest systems
molecular motors
Myosins - chemistry
nanotubes
Nanotubes, Carbon - chemistry
polysaccharides
Polysaccharides - chemistry
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Summary:A valuable cargo: Polysaccharides (β‐1,3‐glucans) act as a host compound to various nanomaterial cargoes such as single‐walled carbon nanotubes. The cargo packed in the host container is transported on the rail (F‐actin) by wheels and a molecular motor (myosin) attached to the container (see picture). This artificial system is inspired by a container transportation system based on the motion of vesicles in biological cells.
Bibliography:http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.200904909
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MEXT of the Japanese
This work was supported by Grant of Molecular and System Life Science, and Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research A (20245036) from MEXT of the Japanese Government.
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This work was supported by Grant of Molecular and System Life Science, and Grant‐in‐Aid for Scientific Research A (20245036) from MEXT of the Japanese Government.
These authors contributed equally to this work.
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ISSN:1433-7851
1521-3773
DOI:10.1002/anie.200904909