ChaoYi Deng

3 weeks ago | nature.com | Christopher Castillo |Su-Ji Jeon |Claire Alford |Erica Svendahl |ChaoYi Deng |Yi Wang | +5 more

AbstractThe impact of nanomaterial transformations on photosynthetic proteins remains largely unknown. We report positively charged iron oxide (Fe3O4) nanoparticles experience transformations in Arabidopsis thaliana plants in vivo that alter the formation and function of RuBisCO protein corona, a key carbon fixation enzyme. In vitro, negatively charged Fe3O4 nanoparticles impact the RuBisCO function but not their positively charged counterparts.