Magnetite-binding proteins from the magnetotactic bacterium Desulfamplus magnetovallimortis BW-1

Anna Pohl (1) , Sarah Young (1) , Tara Schmitz (1) , Daniel Farhadi (1) , Raz Zarivach , Damien Faivre (1, 2) , Kerstin Blank (1)

1 Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces
2 BIAM - Institut de Biosciences et Biotechnologies d'Aix-Marseille (ex-IBEB)

Recently discovered proteins from magnetotactic Deltaproteobacteria were tested for their ability to bind to magnetite surfaces. Two new proteins (Mad10, Mad11) were identified that display fast and nearly irreversible magnetite binding.

Domaines: Chimie

Anna Pohl, Sarah Young, Tara Schmitz, Daniel Farhadi, Raz Zarivach, et al.. Magnetite-binding proteins from the magnetotactic bacterium Desulfamplus magnetovallimortis BW-1. Nanoscale, 2021, 13 (48), pp.20396-20400. ⟨10.1039/d1nr04870h⟩. ⟨cea-03610790⟩