In vivo imaging of S-layer nanoarrays on Corynebacterium glutamicum
Crystalline bacterial cell surface layers (S-layers) are monomolecular arrays of (glyco)proteins that have recently produced a wealth of new opportunities in nanotechnology. Whereas the in vitro imaging of isolated S-layers is well established, their direct imaging on live cells remains very challen...
| Publié dans: | Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1985. - 25(2009), 17 vom: 01. Sept., Seite 9653-5 |
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| Autres auteurs: | , , |
| Format: | Article en ligne |
| Langue: | English |
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| Accès à la collection: | Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids |
| Sujets: | Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Bacterial Proteins Glycoproteins Polysaccharides |
| Résumé: | Crystalline bacterial cell surface layers (S-layers) are monomolecular arrays of (glyco)proteins that have recently produced a wealth of new opportunities in nanotechnology. Whereas the in vitro imaging of isolated S-layers is well established, their direct imaging on live cells remains very challenging. Here we use atomic force microscopy (AFM) to visualize S-layer nanoarrays on living Corynebacterium glutamicum bacteria. We demonstrate the presence of two highly ordered surface layers. The most external layer represents the hexagonal S-layer, and the inner layer displays regular patterns of nanogrooves that could act as a biomolecular template promoting the 2-D assembly of S-layer monomers. These nanoscale analyses open new avenues for understanding the structure of protein monomolecular arrays, which is a crucial challenge in current nanoscience and life science research |
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| Description: | Date Completed 03.11.2009 Date Revised 26.08.2009 published: Print Citation Status MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 1520-5827 |
| DOI: | 10.1021/la902238q |