In Vivo Imaging of S-Layer Nanoarrays on Corynebacterium glutamicum

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Abstract

Crystalline bacterial cell surface layers (S-layers) are monomolecular arrays of (glyco)proteins that have recently produced a wealth of new opportunities in nanotechnology. Whereas the in vitro imaging of isolated S-layers is well established, their direct imaging on live cells remains very challenging. Here we use atomic force microscopy (AFM) to visualize S-layer nanoarrays on living Corynebacterium glutamicum bacteria. We demonstrate the presence of two highly ordered surface layers. The most external layer represents the hexagonal S-layer, and the inner layer displays regular patterns of nanogrooves that could act as a biomolecular template promoting the 2-D assembly of S-layer monomers. These nanoscale analyses open new avenues for understanding the structure of protein monomolecular arrays, which is a crucial challenge in current nanoscience and life science research.

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