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Synthesis of Functionalized Magnetic Nanoparticles, Their Conjugation with the Siderophore Feroxamine and its Evaluation for Bacteria Detection
Published on: June 16, 2020
Mimicking the binding and unbinding of Fe3+ with transferrin using a single biomimetic nanochannel
Chao Zhao1, Xiaosi Li, Lingyan Li
1Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325, USA. zhengj@uakron.edu.
Abstract:
A new type of apo-Tf functionalized nanochannel is developed to achieve the specific and selective binding and unbinding of Fe(3+) in a multiple and reversible manner via a protein-conformation-gating mechanism. This ion-responsive biomimetic nanochannel provides a simple, robust, and promising model for studying other biological processes.

