Covalently-assembled single-chain protein nanostructures with ultra-high stability

De novo protein nanostructures are typically assembled via top-down approaches. Here, the authors developed a bottom-up approach, using split inteins to ligate multiple copies of a three-helix bundle to create 2D triangular and square-shaped structures with high stability.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Wenqin Bai, Cameron J. Sargent, Jeong-Mo Choi, Rohit V. Pappu, Fuzhong Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11285-8