Issue 55, 2014
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Chemical Communications

Formation of ceramophilic chitin and biohybrid materials enabled by a genetically engineered bifunctional protein†

Jani-Markus Malho,a   Hanna Heinonen,a   Inkeri Kontro,b   Ngesa E. Mushi,c   Ritva Serimaa,b   Hans-Peter Hentze,‡a   Markus B. Linder*ad  and  Géza R. Szilvay*a  

* Corresponding authors

a VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, PO Box 1000, Finland
E-mail: geza.szilvay@vtt.fi

b University of Helsinki, Department of Physics, PO Box 64, Finland

c Royal Institute of Technology, Fibre and Polymer Technology, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden

d Aalto University, Department of Biotechnology and Chemical Technology, PO Box 16100, 00076 Aalto, Finland
E-mail: markus.linder@aalto.fi

Abstract

A bifunctional protein composed of a highly negatively charged oyster shell protein and a chitin-binding domain enabled the formation of biohybrid materials through non-covalent surface modification of chitin nanofibres. The results demonstrate that specific biomolecular interactions offer a route for the formation of biosynthetic materials.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C4CC02170C
Article type
Communication
Submitted
24 Mar 2014
Accepted
16 May 2014
First published
16 May 2014

Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 7348-7351

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Formation of ceramophilic chitin and biohybrid materials enabled by a genetically engineered bifunctional protein

J. Malho, H. Heinonen, I. Kontro, N. E. Mushi, R. Serimaa, H. Hentze, M. B. Linder and G. R. Szilvay, Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 7348 DOI: 10.1039/C4CC02170C

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