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SUBMITTER: Rawlings AE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5082532 | biostudies-other | 2016 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) 20160426 23
Formation of magnetite nanocrystals by magnetotactic bacteria is controlled by specific proteins which regulate the particles' nucleation and growth. One such protein is Mms6. This small, amphiphilic protein can self-assemble and bind ferric ions to aid in magnetite formation. To understand the role of Mms6 during in vitro iron oxide precipitation we have performed in situ pH titrations. We find Mms6 has little effect during ferric salt precipitation, but exerts greatest influence during the inc ...[more]