Understanding the Biomineralization Role of Magnetite-Interacting Components (MICs) From Magnetotactic Bacteria.

ABSTRACT: Biomineralization is a process that takes place in all domains of life and which usually helps organisms to harden soft tissues by creating inorganic structures that facilitate their biological functions. It was shown that biominerals are under tight biological control via proteins that are involved in nucleation initiation and/or which act as structural skeletons. Magnetotactic bacteria (MTB) use iron biomineralization to create nano-magnetic particles in a specialized organelle, the magnetosome, to align to the geomagnetic field. A specific set of magnetite-associated proteins (MAPs) is involved in regulating magnetite nucleation, size, and shape. These MAPs are all predicted to contain specific 17-22 residue-long sequences involved in magnetite formation. To understand the mechanism of

SUBMITTER: Nudelman H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6206293 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature