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Synthetic Biological Protein Nanowires with High Conductivity
Author(s) -
Tan Yang,
Adhikari Ramesh Y.,
Malvankar Nikhil S.,
Pi Shuang,
Ward Joy E.,
Woodard Trevor L.,
Nevin Kelly P.,
Xia Qiangfei,
Tuominen Mark T.,
Lovley Derek R.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
small
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.201601112
Subject(s) - geobacter sulfurreducens , electrical conductor , monomer , materials science , geobacter , nanowire , conductivity , pilus , conductive polymer , nanotechnology , chemistry , polymer , biology , biochemistry , bacteria , gene , biofilm , virulence , composite material , genetics
Genetic modification to add tryptophan to PilA , the monomer for the electrically conductive pili of Geobacter sulfurreducens , yields conductive protein filaments 2000‐fold more conductive than the wild‐type pili while cutting the diameter in half to 1.5 nm.