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Co-ordinated functions of Mms proteins define the surface structure of cubo-octahedral magnetite crystals in magnetotactic bacteria.
Molecular microbiology - 1 Aug 2014
Arakaki Atsushi, Yamagishi Ayana, Fukuyo Ayumi, Tanaka Masayoshi, Matsunaga Tadashi
Abstract excerpt
Magnetotactic bacteria synthesize magnetosomes comprised of membrane-enveloped single crystalline magnetite (Fe3 O4 ). The size and morphology of the nano-sized magnetite crystals (< 100 nm) are highly regulated and bacterial species dependent. However, the control mechanisms of magnetite crystal morphology remain largely unknown. The group of proteins, called Mms (Mms5, Mms6, Mms7, and Mms13), was previously...
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