Open AccessFluorescent Proteins: Green‐Light‐Activated Photoreaction via Genetic Hybridization of Far‐Red Fluorescent Protein and Silk (Adv. Sci. 6/2018)
Author(s) -
Leem Jung Woo,
Park Jongwoo,
Kim SeongWan,
Kim SeongRyul,
Choi Seung Ho,
Choi KwangHo,
Kim Young L.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
advanced science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.388
H-Index - 100
ISSN - 2198-3844
DOI - 10.1002/advs.201870033
Subject(s) - silk , photocatalysis , green fluorescent protein , fluorescence , plasmon , nanotechnology , materials science , chemistry , nanomaterials , photochemistry , optoelectronics , catalysis , biochemistry , optics , physics , composite material , gene
Genetic fusion of far‐red fluorescent proteins and silk is found to be an alternative method to create biomaterials for scalable plasmonic photocatalysis. Although plasmonic photocatalysis has a variety of biomedical and environmental applications, including disinfection and water and air purification, its widespread utilization is limited because of biosafety concerns of foreign nanomaterials and negative environmental consequences of mass production. In article number 1700863 , Kwang‐Ho Choi, Young L. Kim, and co‐workers report reactive oxygen species generated from far‐red fluorescent proteins (mKate2) in silk, which can be controlled by green (visible or solar) light. These proteins are shown to enable degradation of organic containments and inactivation of harmful pathogens in a comparable manner to visible‐light‐driven plasmonic photocatalysis.