Team:LMU-Munich/Spore Coat Proteins

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The LMU-Munich team is exuberantly happy about the great success at the World Championship Jamboree in Boston. Our project Beadzillus finished 4th and won the prize for the "Best Wiki" (with Slovenia) and "Best New Application Project".

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Spore Coat Proteins

There are several different coat proteins in the spores of Bacillus subtilis. We chose CotZ and CgeA, which are located in the outermost layer of the spore coat. Our first step will be to fuse GFP to these proteins to see if they appear on the spore surface and if there is any effect on spore formation. The next step will be to fuse proteins with special features to CotZ and CgeA to produce functional "SporoBeads." SporoBeads could be used to filter fluids or in the laboratory, and could be capable of:

- binding harmful viruses

- binding toxic metals

- binding plastic molecules

- exposing enzymes

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