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Gungormus M. Biocatalytic synthesis and ordered self-assembly of silica nanoparticles via a silica-binding peptide. BEILSTEIN JOURNAL OF NANOTECHNOLOGY 2023; 14:280-290. [PMID: 36895442 PMCID: PMC9989680 DOI: 10.3762/bjnano.14.25] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2022] [Accepted: 02/13/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Achieving scalable and economic methods for manufacturing ordered structures of nanoparticles is an ongoing challenge. Ordered structures of SiO2 nanoparticles have gained increased attention due to the great potential they offer in filtering, separation, drug delivery, optics, electronics, and catalysis. Biomolecules, such as peptides and proteins, have been demonstrated to be useful in the synthesis and self-assembly of inorganic nanostructures. Herein, we describe a simple Stöber-based method wherein both the synthesis and the self-assembly of SiO2 nanoparticles can be facilitated by a silica-binding peptide (SiBP). We demonstrate that the SiBP acts as a multirole agent when used alone or in combination with a strong base catalyst (NH3). When used alone, SiBP catalyzes the hydrolysis of precursor molecules in a dose-dependent manner and produces 17-20 nm SiO2 particles organized in colloidal gels. When used in combination with NH3, the SiBP produces smaller and more uniformly distributed submicrometer particles. The SiBP also improves the long-range self-assembly of the as-grown particles into an opal-like structure by changing the surface charge, without any need for further modification or processing of the particles. The results presented here provide a biomimetic route to the single-step synthesis and assembly of SiO2 nanoparticles into colloidal gels or opal-like structures.
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- Mustafa Gungormus
- Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, Ankara, Türkiye
- MERLAB Application and Research Center, Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, Ankara, Türkiye
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Pushpavanam K, Ma J, Cai Y, Naser NY, Baneyx F. Solid-Binding Proteins: Bridging Synthesis, Assembly, and Function in Hybrid and Hierarchical Materials Fabrication. Annu Rev Chem Biomol Eng 2021; 12:333-357. [PMID: 33852353 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-chembioeng-102020-015923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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There is considerable interest in the development of hybrid organic-inorganic materials because of the potential for harvesting the unique capabilities that each system has to offer. Proteins are an especially attractive organic component owing to the high amount of chemical information encoded in their amino acid sequence, their amenability to molecular and computational (re)design, and the many structures and functions they specify. Genetic installation of solid-binding peptides (SBPs) within protein frameworks affords control over the position and orientation of adhesive and morphogenetic segments, and a path toward predictive synthesis and assembly of functional materials and devices, all while harnessing the built-in properties of the host scaffold. Here, we review the current understanding of the mechanisms through which SBPs bind to technologically relevant interfaces, with an emphasis on the variables that influence the process, and highlight the last decade of progress in the use of solid-binding proteins for hybrid and hierarchical materials synthesis.
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- Karthik Pushpavanam
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98115, USA;
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- Molecular Engineering and Sciences Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98115, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98115, USA;
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98115, USA;
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98115, USA; .,Molecular Engineering and Sciences Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98115, USA
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Povarova NV, Barinov NA, Baranov MS, Markina NM, Varizhuk AM, Pozmogova GE, Klinov DV, Kozhemyako VB, Lukyanov KA. Efficient silica synthesis from tetra(glycerol)orthosilicate with cathepsin- and silicatein-like proteins. Sci Rep 2018; 8:16759. [PMID: 30425281 PMCID: PMC6233156 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-34965-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2018] [Accepted: 10/24/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Silicateins play a key role in biosynthesis of spicules in marine sponges; they are also capable to catalyze formation of amorphous silica in vitro. Silicateins are highly homologous to cathepsins L – a family of cysteine proteases. Molecular mechanisms of silicatein activity remain controversial. Here site-directed mutagenesis was used to clarify significance of selected residues in silica polymerization. A number of mutations were introduced into two sponge proteins – silicatein A1 and cathepsin L from Latrunculia oparinae, as well as into human cathepsin L. First direction was alanine scanning of the proposed catalytic residues. Also, reciprocal mutations were introduced at selected positions that differ between cathepsins L and silicateins. Surprisingly, all the wild type and mutant proteins were capable to catalyze amorphous silica formation with a water-soluble silica precursor tetra(glycerol)orthosilicate. Some mutants possessed several-fold enhanced silica-forming activity and can potentially be useful for nanomaterial synthesis applications. Our findings contradict to the previously suggested mechanisms of silicatein action via a catalytic triad analogous to that in cathepsins L. Instead, a surface-templated biosilification by silicateins and related proteins can be proposed.
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- Natalia V Povarova
- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Miklukho-Maklaya 16/10, 117997, Moscow, Russia
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- Federal Research and Clinical Center of Physical-Chemical Medicine, Malaya Pirogovskaya 1a, 119435, Moscow, Russia
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Miklukho-Maklaya 16/10, 117997, Moscow, Russia.,Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Ostrovitianov 1, 117997, Moscow, Russia
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Miklukho-Maklaya 16/10, 117997, Moscow, Russia
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- Federal Research and Clinical Center of Physical-Chemical Medicine, Malaya Pirogovskaya 1a, 119435, Moscow, Russia
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- Federal Research and Clinical Center of Physical-Chemical Medicine, Malaya Pirogovskaya 1a, 119435, Moscow, Russia
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- Federal Research and Clinical Center of Physical-Chemical Medicine, Malaya Pirogovskaya 1a, 119435, Moscow, Russia
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- G.B. Elyakov Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 690022, Vladivostok, Russia
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Miklukho-Maklaya 16/10, 117997, Moscow, Russia.
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Elkhooly TA, Müller WEG, Wang X, Tremel W, Isbert S, Wiens M. Bioinspired self-assembly of tyrosinase-modified silicatein and fluorescent core-shell silica spheres. BIOINSPIRATION & BIOMIMETICS 2014; 9:044001. [PMID: 25378146 DOI: 10.1088/1748-3182/9/4/044001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Inspired by the intermolecular cross-linking of mussel foot proteins and their adhesive properties, tyrosinase has been used to modify recombinant silicatein. DOPA/DOPAquinone-mediated cross-linking and interfacial interactions enhanced both self-assembly of silicatein building blocks and templating of core-shell silica spheres, resulting in fluorescent biomimetic silicatein-silica hybrid mesofibers.
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- T A Elkhooly
- Institute of Physiological Chemistry, Duesbergweg 6, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany. Biomaterials Department, National Research Centre, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt
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Zlotnikov I, Werner P, Blumtritt H, Graff A, Dauphin Y, Zolotoyabko E, Fratzl P. A perfectly periodic three-dimensional protein/silica mesoporous structure produced by an organism. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2014; 26:1682-1687. [PMID: 24338871 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201304696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2013] [Revised: 10/29/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The discovery of perfectly ordered 3D mesoporous protein/silica structure in the axial filament of the marine sponge Monorhaphis chuni is reported. The structure belongs to body-centered tetragonal symmetry system (a=9.88 nm, c=10.83 nm) and comprises interconnecting lattices of protein and silica, templated by the self-assembled, enzymatically active protein-silicatein, whose primary function is the precipitation of silica.
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- Igor Zlotnikov
- Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, 14476, Germany
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Hire CC, Oyer AJ, Macek GE, Bento JL, Adamson DH. Directed formation of silica by a non-peptide block copolymer enzyme mimic. J Mater Chem B 2013; 1:1977-1984. [DOI: 10.1039/c3tb20065e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Rai A, Perry CC. Mussel adhesive protein inspired coatings: a versatile method to fabricate silica films on various surfaces. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1039/c2jm15810h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Otzen D. The role of proteins in biosilicification. SCIENTIFICA 2012; 2012:867562. [PMID: 24278750 PMCID: PMC3820600 DOI: 10.6064/2012/867562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2012] [Accepted: 09/24/2012] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Although the use of silicon dioxide (silica) as a constituent of living organisms is mainly restricted to diatoms and sponges, the ways in which this process is controlled by nature continue to inspire and fascinate. Both diatoms and sponges carry out biosilificiation using an organic matrix but they adopt very different strategies. Diatoms use small and heavily modified peptides called silaffins, where the most characteristic feature is a modulation of charge by attaching long chain polyamines (LCPAs) to lysine groups. Free LCPAs can also cooperate with silaffins. Sponges use the enzyme silicatein which is homologous to the cysteine protease cathepsin. Both classes of proteins form higher-order structures which act both as structural templates and mechanistic catalysts for the polycondensation reaction. In both cases, additional proteins are continuously being discovered which modulate the process further. This paper concentrates on the role of these proteins in the biosilification process as well as in various applications, highlighting areas where focus on specific protein properties may provide further insight. The field of biosilification is a crossroads of different disciplines, where insight into the energetics and mechanisms of molecular self-assembly combine with fundamental biology, complex multicomponent colloidal systems, and an impressive array of potential technological applications.
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- Daniel Otzen
- Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Center for Insoluble Protein Structures (inSPIN), and Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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Charlton TR, Coleman RLS, Dalgliesh RM, Kinane CJ, Neylon C, Langridge S, Plomp J, Webb NGJ, Webster JRP. Advances in Neutron Reflectometry at ISIS. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.1080/10448632.2011.569278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Patwardhan SV. Biomimetic and bioinspired silica: recent developments and applications. Chem Commun (Camb) 2011; 47:7567-82. [PMID: 21479320 DOI: 10.1039/c0cc05648k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 144] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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In a previous review of biological and bioinspired silica formation (S. V. Patwardhan et al., Chem. Commun., 2005, 1113 [ref. 1]), we have identified and discussed the roles that organic molecules (additives) play in silica formation in vitro. Tremendous progress has been made in this field since and this review attempts to capture, with selected examples from the literature, the key advances in synthesising and controlling properties of silica-based materials using bioinspired approaches, i.e. conditions of near-neutral pH, all aqueous environments and room temperature. One important reason to investigate biosilicifying systems is to be able to develop novel materials and/or technologies suitable for a wide range of applications. Therefore, this review will also focus on applications arising from research on biological and bioinspired silica. A range of applications such as in the areas of sensors, coatings, hybrid materials, catalysis and biocatalysis and drug delivery have started appearing. Furthermore, scale-up of this technology suitable for large-scale manufacturing has proven the potential of biologically inspired synthesis.
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- Siddharth V Patwardhan
- Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Strathclyde, 75 Montrose Street, Glasgow G1 1XJ, UK.
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