Issue 24, 2004
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Chemical Communications

Monitoring the formation of biosilica catalysed by histidine-tagged silicatein†

Muhammad Nawaz Tahir,a   Patrick Théato,b   Werner E. G. Müller,c   Heinz C. Schröder,c   Andreas Janshoff,d   Jian Zhang,d   Joachim Huthe  and  Wolfgang Tremel*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Universität Mainz, Duesbergweg 10-14, D-55128 Mainz, Germany
E-mail: tremel@uni-mainz.de
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Tel: +49-6131-3925135

b Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Mainz, Duesbergweg 10-14, D-55128 Mainz, Germany

c Institut für Physiologische Chemie, Duesbergweg 6, D-55128 Mainz, Germany

d Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Welderweg 11, D-55128 Mainz, Germany

e Max Planck-Institut für Chemie, Abteilung Kosmochemie, Becherweg 27, D-55128 Mainz, Germany

Abstract

Surface bound silicatein retains its biocatalytic activity, which was demonstrated by monitoring the immobilisation of silicatein using a histidine-tag chelating anchor and the subsequent biosilicification of SiO2 on surfaces by surface plasmon resonance spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy and scanning electron microscopy.

Graphical abstract: Monitoring the formation of biosilica catalysed by histidine-tagged silicatein

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B410283E
Article type
Communication
Submitted
07 Jul 2004
Accepted
09 Sep 2004
First published
27 Oct 2004

Chem. Commun., 2004, 2848-2849

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Monitoring the formation of biosilica catalysed by histidine-tagged silicatein

M. N. Tahir, P. Théato, W. E. G. Müller, H. C. Schröder, A. Janshoff, J. Zhang, J. Huth and W. Tremel, Chem. Commun., 2004, 2848 DOI: 10.1039/B410283E

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