Design and characterization of a modular membrane protein anchor to functionalize the moss Physcomitrella patens with extracellular catalytic and/or binding activities
19.12.2014
Morath V, Truong DJ, Albrecht F, Polte I, Ciccone RA, Funke LF, Reichart L, Wolf CG, Brunner AD, Fischer K, Schneider PC, Brüggenthies JB, Fröhlich F, Wiedemann G, Reski R, Skerra A.
ACS Synth Biol. 2014;3(12):990-4.
In the iGEM2013 competition the PhyscoFilter project of the TU Munich Team won a Gold Medal and was awarded Best Environment Project. The moss Physcomitrella patens was utilized to develop a membrane anchoring system facilitating the expression and localization of various functional proteins in the apoplast. In this artificial reaction compartment, various biotechnological applications, like the removal of pollutants in aquatic environments and thus improvement of global water quality, are enabled.
