Adsorption of Biomineralization Protein Mms6 on Magnetite (Fe3O4) Nanoparticles

• Published in: International journal of molecular sciences Vol. 23; no. 10; p. 5554
• Main Authors: Arai, Kosuke, Murata, Satoshi, Wang, Taifeng, Yoshimura, Wataru, Oda-Tokuhisa, Mayumi, Matsunaga, Tadashi, Kisailus, David, Arakaki, Atsushi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 16.05.2022; MDPI
• Subjects: Adsorption; Amino acids; Bacteria; Crystals; Nanoparticles; Proteins; protein adsorption; nanoparticle; magnetotactic bacteria; biomineralization; metal oxide

Biomineralization is an elaborate process that controls the deposition of inorganic materials in living organisms with the aid of associated proteins. Magnetotactic bacteria mineralize magnetite (Fe3O4) nanoparticles with finely tuned morphologies in their cells. Mms6, a magnetosome membrane specifi...