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Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense MSR‐1 synthesizes membrane‐enclosed magnetite (Fe 3 O 4 ) nanoparticles, magnetosomes, for magnetotaxis. Formation of these organelles requires MamB, a cation diffusion facilitator (CDF) protein with two roles: it initiates magnetosome vesicle formation in a transport independent process and transports iron for magnetite nucleation. For details, see the article by Uebe et al . on pp. 542–557 of this issue.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
molecular microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.857
H-Index - 247
eISSN - 1365-2958
pISSN - 0950-382X
DOI - 10.1111/mmi.13784
Subject(s) - magnetosome , magnetotactic bacteria , magnetite , organelle , nucleation , major facilitator superfamily , biology , nanotechnology , biophysics , physics , computer science , materials science , microbiology and biotechnology , biochemistry , mutant , paleontology , thermodynamics , gene