Structure, Metal Immobilization, and Chemical Reaction Inside a Ferritin Crystal (IMAGE)

_Tokyo Institute of Technology

Structure, Metal Immobilization, and Chemical Reaction Inside a Ferritin Crystal

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(a) Structure of the 24-mer ferritin molecule; (b) a ferritin monomer with the metal-binding sites; (c) a symmetric 3-fold axis channel; (d) preparation and crystallization of Au-containing ferritin; (e) cross-linking of the ferritin crystal and reduction of Au ions (yellow circles) into Au(0) atoms which form nanoclusters (brown particles).

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