ENZYMATIC SYNTHESIS, MODIFICATION AND DECOMPOSITION OF SILICON(IV) COMPOUNDS AND OTHER METAL(IV) COMPOUNDS

摘要

The invention relates to the use of recombinant or silicatein β isolated from natural sources, and silicatein β fusion proteins as well as silicatein β-related enzymes for the synthesis, decomposition and modification of silicon dioxide (condensation products of silicic acids, silicates), silicones and other silicon(IV) compounds or metal(IV) compounds, and to the technical use thereof.