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Detoxification Biominerals

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Biomineralization I

Part of the book series: Topics in Current Chemistry ((TOPCURRCHEM,volume 270))

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Biominerals are most often considered in either their more traditional roles as critical structural components of organisms (e.g., teeth, the siliceous shell of diatoms) and important ion reservoirs for cellular function (Ca2+ and bone) or in their highly evolved functional roles (e.g., magnetotactic sensing, buoyancy/balance regulation). Increasingly, it is becoming apparent that biominerals also play an important protective role by acting as critical detoxification sinks within certain organisms. Thus, organisms ranging from protozoa to eukaryotes utilize the same principles of biomineralization (cellular processing, supramolecular organization, and interfacial recognition) used to form such materials as Abalone nacre to efficiently remove potentially toxic species from their immediate environment. Thus, as understanding how biological systems exert their nanoscale control over structural biominerals has provided important biomimetic routes to novel materials synthesis, similar advances in both therapeutic development and materials synthesis can be made through the study of detoxification biominerals.

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Abbreviations

ABC:

ATP-binding cassette

AtPCS1:

PCS from Arabidopsis

BNT:

Bionucleating template

CD:

Circular dichroism

DTT:

Dithiolthreitol

EDS:

Energy dispersive spectroscopy

EM:

Electron micrograph

EPR:

Electron paramagnetic resonance

FEISEM:

Field emission inlens scanning electron microscopy

Fe(III)PPIX:

Ferric protoporphyrin IX

FT-IR:

Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy

GSH:

Glutathione

HRG:

Histidine-rich glycoprotein

HRP:

Histidine-rich protein

Ni(II)PcS:

Nickel tetrasulfonatophthalocyanine

PCn:

Phytochelatin

PcS:

Tetrasulfonatophthalocyanine

PCS:

Phytochelatin synthase

PPIX:

Protoporphyrin IX

SEM:

Scanning electron microscope

SDS:

Sodium dodecyl sulfate

SDS-PAGE:

SDS polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis

SPRB:

Surface plasmon resonance band

TEM:

Transmission electron microscope

TFE:

Tetrafluoroethylene

TWEEN:

80 Polyoxyethylene sorbitan monooleate

XRD:

X-ray powder diffraction

Zn(II)PPIX:

Zinc protoporpyrin IX

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This work was supported by a National Science Foundation CAREER award (CHE-0196540) and by the National Institutes of Health (1RO3 AI 060827-01).

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    Clare K. Carney, S. Reese Harry, Sarah L. Sewell & David W. Wright

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Carney, C.K., Harry, S.R., Sewell, S.L., Wright, D.W. (2006). Detoxification Biominerals. In: Naka, K. (eds) Biomineralization I. Topics in Current Chemistry, vol 270. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg . https://doi.org/10.1007/128_050

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