Abstract
AbstractDue to their highly regulated biosynthesis, magnetosomes biomineralized by magnetotactic bacteria represent natural magnetic nanoparticles with unique physical and chemical properties. They consist of a magnetite core that is surrounded by a biological membrane and are therefore reminiscent to magnetic “core–shell” nanoparticles. Their usability in many nanotechnological and biomedical applications would be further improved by the introduction of additional catalytic and imaging modalities. Here, a new in vivo strategy is explored for magnetosome display of foreign polypeptides with maximized protein‐to‐particle ratios. Arrays of up to five monomers of the model enzyme glucuronidase GusA plus the additional fluorophore mEGFP are genetically fused as single large hybrid proteins to highly expressed magnetosome protein anchors. In total, about 190 GusA monomers are covalently attached to individual particles. Assuming layers of GusA rows surrounding the particles, the monomers would thus cover up to 90% of the magnetosome surface. The approach generates nanoparticles that exhibit magnetism, fluorescence, and stable catalytic activities, which are stepwise increased with the number of GusA monomers. In summary, multicopy expression of arrayed foreign proteins represents a powerful methodology for the biosynthesis of tailored biohybrid magnetic nanoparticles with several genetically encoded and tunable functionalities.
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