Synthetic Biological Protein Nanowires with High Conductivity

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 13 Jul 2016 English Publisher:WileyJournal:Small, volume 12, pages 4,481-4,485 (issn: 1613-6810, eissn: 1613-6829,

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Authors: Yang, Tan; Ramesh Y, Adhikari; Nikhil S, Malvankar; Shuang, Pi; Joy E, Ward; Trevor L, Woodard; Kelly P, Nevin; +3 Authors

doi: 10.1002/smll.201601112

pmid: 27409066

Synthetic Biological Protein Nanowires with High Conductivity

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Abstract

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.

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Keywords

Nanowires, Fimbriae, Bacterial, Electric Conductivity, Tryptophan, Proteins, Amino Acid Sequence, Geobacter

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