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Microcapsules Containing a Biomolecular Motor for ATP Biosynthesis
Author(s) -
He Qiang,
Duan Li,
Qi Wei,
Wang Kewei,
Cui Yue,
Yan Xuehai,
Li Junbai
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.200800622
Subject(s) - nanotechnology , atp synthase , materials science , biomimetic materials , process (computing) , on demand , biomimetics , biomimetic synthesis , biochemical engineering , computer science , engineering , biochemistry , biology , enzyme , multimedia , operating system
Over the past two decades, advances in modern biology and nanotechnology have enabled a rapid development in the design and building of biomimetic functional materials. ATP synthase is one of the most extensively studied molecular machines because it can be used as a rotary motor in the design of novel nanodevices and it can also continuously synthesize ATP in an artificial environment. A lot of research efforts have focused on assembling ATP synthase in biomimetic systems so that a complex cellular process can be constructed in a controllable manner. As we summarize here, layer‐by‐layer assembled microcapsules have proved to be a suitable cellular mimetic structure, which can be applied for engineering active biomimetic systems with a cellular process. An added benefit is that these assembled microcapsules can be used as bioenergy containers and thus ATP supply on demand.