Ferritin in the field of nanodevices

Yamashita, Ichiro; Iwahori, Keisuke; Kumagai, Shinya

doi:10.1016/j.bbagen.2010.03.005

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“…This construction method takes advantage of the peptide surface's versatility and the possibility of controlling its characteristics while simultaneously allowing the removal of the protein shell [81], thus resulting in an ordered nanoparticle array. These aligned nanoparticles serve as metal oxide semiconductors (MOSs), which are appropriate materials to be used for nanoscale memory devices such as FNGM devices, due to their ability to store and release electric charges [79,82]. Another promising application is the metal-induced lateral crystallization.…”

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Ferritin Iron Mineralization and Storage: From Structure to Function

2016

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Ferritin Iron Mineralization and Storage: From Structure to Function

2016

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“…[26,53,[82][83][84][85][86][87][88] Several examples using atoms, nanoparticles, colloids and quantum dots are known, [82,83,[89][90][91][92][93] although there is still a significant lack of control over the size, positioning and organization of molecular components (particles), all of which play important roles in the formation of 2D and 3D crystalline arrays. [83] For example, strong covalent binding has a tendency to promote dense but rather irregular assemblies, whereas weaker interactions fail to induce any clustering or longer range ordering at all.…”

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Self‐Assembled Cage‐Like Protein Structures

2015

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Proteins and protein-based assemblies represent the most structurally and functionally diverse molecules found in nature. Protein cages, viruses and bacterial microcompartments are highly organized structures that are composed primarily of protein building blocks and play important roles in molecular ion storage, nucleic acid packaging and catalysis. The outer and inner surface of protein cages can be modified, either chemically or genetically, and the internal cavity can be used to template, store and arrange molecular cargo within a defined space. Owing to their structural, morphological, chemical and thermal diversity, protein cages have been investigated extensively for applications in nanotechnology, nanomedicine and materials science. Here we provide a concise overview of the most common icosahedral viral and nonviral assemblies, their role in nature, and why they are highly attractive scaffolds for the encapsulation of functional materials.

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“…178 Worthy of note are also other considered approaches based on the disassembly of the apoferritin shell and its reassembly in the presence of the species to be encapsulated. [183][184][185] Besides the possible applications of synthetic ferritin in electronics 186 and biomedicine, 119,120 the interest in this unique material has been stimulated also by its role as the artificial modeling object for the development of methods for the determination and study of the physical and chemical properties of the hypothetical precursor of BMNPs.…”

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Physiological origin of biogenic magnetic nanoparticles in health and disease: from bacteria to humans

Gorobets¹,

Gorobets²,

Koralewski³

2017

IJN

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The discovery of biogenic magnetic nanoparticles (BMNPs) in the human brain gives a strong impulse to study and understand their origin. Although knowledge of the subject is increasing continuously, much remains to be done for further development to help our society fight a number of pathologies related to BMNPs. This review provides an insight into the puzzle of the physiological origin of BMNPs in organisms of all three domains of life: prokaryotes, archaea, and eukaryotes, including humans. Predictions based on comparative genomic studies are presented along with experimental data obtained by physical methods. State-of-the-art understanding of the genetic control of biomineralization of BMNPs and their properties are discussed in detail. We present data on the differences in BMNP levels in health and disease (cancer, neurodegenerative disorders, and atherosclerosis), and discuss the existing hypotheses on the biological functions of BMNPs, with special attention paid to the role of the ferritin core and apoferritin.

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Ferritin in the field of nanodevices

Cited by 165 publications

References 60 publications

Ferritin Iron Mineralization and Storage: From Structure to Function

Ferritin Iron Mineralization and Storage: From Structure to Function

Self‐Assembled Cage‐Like Protein Structures

Physiological origin of biogenic magnetic nanoparticles in health and disease: from bacteria to humans

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