Genetic Analysis of Iron Biomineralization.

Autor: Ueno, Shoogo, Matsunaga, Tadashi, Nakamura, Chikashi, Hotta, Yuko
Zdroj: Biological Effects of Magnetic & Electromagnetic Fields; 1996, p171-184, 14p
Abstrakt: Establishment of gene transfer has enabled study of analysis of genes in magnetic bacteria and protein production on BMPs using magnetic bacteria as the host cell. Gene transfer into magnetic bacteria, and transposon mutagenesis. are very useful for future analysis of the mechanism of magnetic particle production. The magA gene was the first discoverd gene involved in magnetite biomineralization in magnetic bacteria, and the product of magA seems to be a kind of cation channel protein localized on the cell and magnetic particle membranes. Gene analysis of Magnetospirillum sp. AMB-1 will determine the mechanism. Moreover, protein expression on the surfaces of magnetic particles using the fusion gene method was studied. Magnetic particles which have fusion proteins on the surfaces can be collected very easily, and production of purified protein will be applied in future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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