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Microbial Synthesis of CdS Nanocrystals in Genetically Engineered E. coli
Author(s) -
Kang Seung Hyun,
Bozhilov Krassimir N.,
Myung Nosang V.,
Mulchandani Ashok,
Chen Wilfred
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200705806
Subject(s) - schizosaccharomyces pombe , escherichia coli , nanocrystal , yeast , genetically engineered , intracellular , population , chemistry , nanotechnology , computational biology , biology , biochemistry , gene , materials science , saccharomyces cerevisiae , demography , sociology
A bacterial biofactory : Escherichia coli strains were genetically engineered to produce phytochelatins (PCs) as capping agents and used for the intracellular synthesis of fluorescent and water‐soluble PC‐coated CdS nanoparticles (see figure). The size of the semiconductor nanocrystals could be tuned by controlling the population of the capping PCs. SpPCS is the PC synthase from Schizosaccharomyces pombe ; GSHI*=γ‐glutamylcysteine synthetase.