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ArticleACS synthetic biology2017

Synthetic Biogenesis of Bacterial Amyloid Nanomaterials with Tunable Inorganic-Organic Interfaces and Electrical Conductivity.

Urartu Ozgur Safak Seker, Allen Y Chen, Robert J Citorik, Timothy K Lu

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Article in ACS synthetic biology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Urartu Ozgur Safak SekerDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States.
Allen Y ChenDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States.
Robert J CitorikDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States.
Timothy K LuDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States.

Funding

Medical Scientist Training ProgramT32GM007753 · NIGMS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI WALENSKY, LOREN DAVID · 1985 to 2021
$50.0M
High-Throughput Nanoscale Approaches to Studying and Inhibiting Amyloid ToxicityDP2OD008435 · OD · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI LU, TIMOTHY · 2011 to 2011
$2.4M
NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007753NIH HHS DP2 OD008435
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Amyloids are highly ordered, hierarchal protein nanoassemblies. Functional amyloids in bacterial biofilms, such as Escherichia coli curli fibers, are formed by the polymerization of monomeric proteins secreted into the extracellular space. Curli is synthesized by living cells, is primarily composed of the major curlin subunit CsgA, and forms biological nanofibers with high aspect ratios. Here, we explore the application of curli fibers for nanotechnology by engineering curli to mediate tunable biological interfaces with inorganic materials and to controllably form gold nanoparticles and gold nanowires. Specifically, we used cell-synthesized curli fibers as templates for nucleating and growing gold nanoparticles and showed that nanoparticle size could be modulated as a function of curli fiber gold-binding affinity. Furthermore, we demonstrated that gold nanoparticles can be preseeded onto curli fibers and followed by gold enhancement to form nanowires. Using these two approaches, we created artificial cellular systems that integrate inorganic-organic materials to achieve tunable electrical conductivity. We envision that cell-synthesized amyloid nanofibers will be useful for interfacing abiotic and biotic systems to create living functional materials..

Indexed as

AmyloidBacterial ProteinsBiofilmsElectric ConductivityEscherichia coliEscherichia coli ProteinsGoldMetal NanoparticlesNanofibersNanostructuresNanotechnologyNanowiresParticle SizeAmyloidBacterial ProteinsCrl protein, BacteriaEscherichia coli ProteinsGoldbiofilm proteinsfunctional amyloidsliving materialsnanomaterial assembly

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PMID27794590
PMCPMC6422533

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