	US 12,320,802 B2
	Microbial nanowires modified to contain peptides and methods of making
Derek R. Lovley, Amherst, MA (US); and Toshiyuki Ueki, Amherst, MA (US)
Assigned to UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, Westborough, MA (US)
Appl. No. 17/440,632
Filed by University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA (US)
PCT Filed Mar. 20, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/023824 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 17, 2021, PCT Pub. No. WO2020/191281, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 24, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/821,208, filed on Mar. 20, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0160885 A1, May 25, 2023
Int. Cl. G01N 33/543 (2006.01); C07K 14/195 (2006.01)

CPC G01N 33/5438 (2013.01) [C07K 14/195 (2013.01); C07K 2319/42 (2013.01)]

20 Claims

1. An electrically conductive nanowire comprising a fusion protein comprising a type IV pilin monomer and a tag, wherein the tag is at the C-terminus of the type IV pilin monomer, and wherein the nanowire further comprises an untagged type IV pilin monomer.