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Noll, Gundula A., Müller, Boje, Ernst, Antonia M., Rüping, Boris, Twyman, Richard M. and Prüfer, Dirk (2011) Native and artificial forisomes : functions and applications. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Vol.89 (No.6). pp. 1675-1682. doi:10.1007/s00253-011-3117-6 ISSN 0175-7598.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00253-011-3117-6
Abstract
Forisomes are remarkable protein bodies found exclusively in the phloem of the Fabaceae. When the phloem is wounded, forisomes are converted from a condensed to a dispersed state in an ATP-independent reaction triggered by Ca(2+), thereby plugging the sieve tubes and preventing the loss of photoassimilates. Potentially, forisomes are ideal biomaterials for technical devices because the conformational changes can be replicated in vitro and are fully reversible over a large number of cycles. However, the development of technical devices based on forisomes has been hampered by the laborious and time-consuming process of purifying native forisomes from plants. More recently, the problem has been overcome by the production of recombinant artificial forisomes. This is a milestone in the development of forisome-based devices, not only because large quantities of homogeneous forisomes can be produced on demand, but also because their properties can be tailored for particular applications. In this review, we discuss the physical and molecular properties of native and artificial forisomes, focusing on their current applications in technical devices and potential developments in the future.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | Q Science > QH Natural history > QH301 Biology | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Life Sciences (2010- ) > Biological Sciences ( -2010) | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology | ||||
Publisher: | Springer | ||||
ISSN: | 0175-7598 | ||||
Official Date: | March 2011 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.89 | ||||
Number: | No.6 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 1675-1682 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1007/s00253-011-3117-6 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
Funder: | Fraunhofer MAVO , VolkswagenStiftung | ||||
Grant number: | I/82 075 (VolkswagenStiftung) |
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