Participation of biological membranes in colloidal gold transformation by Micrococcus luteus cells.
Methods of biochemical and physicochemical analysis were applied for studying the role of Micrococcus luteus cell structure in gold accumulation. It was shown that membrane proteins were the main factors in this process. Moreover, different quinones played the main role in the redox transformation of gold.
Levchenko
L A
LA
Institute of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, Moscow Region, Russia.
Sadkov
A P
AP
Marakushev
S A
SA
Lariontseva
N V
NV
D000042:Absorption; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D001711:Biotransformation / Q000502:physiology*; D000440:Butanols; D002462:Cell Membrane; D017979:Gold Colloid / Q000378:metabolism*; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D016982:Micrococcus luteus / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D009285:Naphthoquinones / Q000494:pharmacology; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism; D013104:Spheroplasts
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D000440:Butanols; D017979:Gold Colloid; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D009285:Naphthoquinones; C011942:1,2-naphthoquinone-4-sulfonate; D010100:Oxygen