Joshi, Amit and Punyani, Supriya and Bale, Shyam Sundhar and Yang, Hoichang and Borca-Tasciuc, Theodorian and Kane, Ravi S. (2008) Nanotube-assisted protein deactivation. NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY, 3 (1). pp. 41-45.
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Abstract
Conjugating proteins onto carbon nanotubes has numerous applications in biosensing(1,2), imaging and cellular delivery(3-5). However, remotely controlling the activity of proteins in these conjugates has never been demonstrated. Here we show that upon near-infrared irradiation, carbon nanotubes mediate the selective deactivation of proteins in situ by photochemical effects. We designed nanotube-peptide conjugates to selectively destroy the anthrax toxin, and also optically transparent coatings that can self-clean following either visible or near-infrared irradiation. Nanotube-assisted protein deactivation may be broadly applicable to the selective destruction of pathogens and cells, and will have applications ranging from antifouling coatings to functional proteomics.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | Physical Science > Nano objects Biomedical Science > Nanobiotechnology Material Science > Bio materials Biomedical Science > Nanotechnology for human health |
| ID Code: | 2941 |
| Deposited By: | Anuj Seth |
| Deposited On: | 12 Jan 2009 13:54 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Jan 2009 12:10 |
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