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In Vivo Synthesis of Diverse Metal Nanoparticles by Recombinant Escherichia coli
Author(s) -
Park Tae Jung,
Lee Sang Yup,
Heo Nam Su,
Seo Tae Seok
Publication year - 2010
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.201001524
Subject(s) - escherichia coli , recombinant dna , metal , in vivo , nanoparticle , nanotechnology , chemistry , computational biology , biochemistry , combinatorial chemistry , materials science , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , gene , organic chemistry
A metal‐nanoparticle factory : Various metal nanoparticles with tailored optical, electronic, chemical, and magnetic properties were synthesized in vivo in a size‐tunable manner in recombinant E. coli (see picture) through interaction with the metal‐binding protein metallothionein and the metal‐binding peptide phytochelatin, which was synthesized by phytochelatin synthase.