Journal
MATERIALS
Volume 10, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ma10020119
Keywords
inorganic-binding peptides; biomineralization; silicification; phage display
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Funding
- German Research Foundation (DFG) [BI 469/24-1, SPP1569, RO3965/1-1]
- Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung (Projekthaus NanoBioMater)
- DFG [SPP1569, DFG-WE-4220/2-2, DFG-WE-4220/3]
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Proteins regulate diverse biological processes by the specific interaction with, e.g., nucleic acids, proteins and inorganic molecules. The generation of inorganic hybrid materials, such as shell formation in mollusks, is a protein-controlled mineralization process. Moreover, inorganic-binding peptides are attractive for the bioinspired mineralization of non-natural inorganic functional materials for technical applications. However, it is still challenging to identify mineral-binding peptide motifs from biological systems as well as for technical systems. Here, three complementary approaches were combined to analyze protein motifs consisting of alternating positively and negatively charged amino acids: (i) the screening of natural biomineralization proteins; (ii) the selection of inorganic-binding peptides derived from phage display; and (iii) the mineralization of tobacco mosaic virus (TMV)-based templates. A respective peptide motif displayed on the TMV surface had a major impact on the SiO2 mineralization. In addition, similar motifs were found in zinc oxide- and zirconia-binding peptides indicating a general binding feature. The comparative analysis presented here raises new questions regarding whether or not there is a common design principle based on acidic and basic amino acids for peptides interacting with minerals.
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