Part:BBa_K1890050

Silicatein from Suberites domuncula

Usage and Biology

Silicatein is an enzyme natively found in demosponges and diatoms, where it catalyzes the condensation of silica to form the typical skeletal elements. This biobrick contains the short version of the silicatein gene from Suberites domuncula, according to Müller. et al. [1][2]. This biobrick is a subpart of BBa_K1890000 and BBa_K1890001. It does not exist individually.

References

[1] Müller, W. E. G., Engel, S., Wang, X., Wolf, S. E., Tremel, W., Thakur, N. L., … Schröder, H. C. (2008). Bioencapsulation of living bacteria (Escherichia coli) with poly(silicate) after transformation with silicatein-α gene. Biomaterials, 29(7), 771–779.

[2] Müller, W. E. G. (2003). Silicon biomineralization.