A modular method for directing protein self-assembly
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Accepted version
Author(s)
Arpino, James AJ
Polizzi, Karen Marie
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Proteins are versatile macromolecules with diverse structure, charge, and function. They are ideal building blocks for biomaterials for drug delivery, biosensing, or tissue engineering applications. Simultaneously, the need to develop green alternatives to chemical processes has led to renewed interest in multienzyme biocatalytic routes to fine, specialty, and commodity chemicals. Therefore, a method to reliably assemble protein complexes using protein-protein interactions would facilitate the rapid production of new materials. Here we show a method for modular assembly of protein materials using a supercharged protein as a scaffolding "hub" onto which target proteins bearing oppositely charged domains have been self-assembled. The physical properties of the material can be tuned through blending and heating and disassembly triggered using changes in pH or salt concentration. The system can be extended to the synthesis of living materials. Our modular method can be used to reliably direct the self-assembly of proteins using small charged tag domains that can be easily encoded in a fusion protein.
Date Issued
2020-05-15
Date Acceptance
2020-04-01
Citation
ACS Synthetic Biology, 2020, 9 (5), pp.993-1002
ISSN
2161-5063
Publisher
American Chemical Society
Start Page
993
End Page
1002
Journal / Book Title
ACS Synthetic Biology
Volume
9
Issue
5
Copyright Statement
© 2020 American Chemical Society. This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in ACS Synth. Biol., after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.1021/acssynbio.9b00504
Sponsor
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Identifier
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32243747
Grant Number
EP/K038648/1
Subjects
biomaterials
enzyme scaffolding
living materials
molecular self-assembly
supercharged protein
synthetic biology
Publication Status
Published
Coverage Spatial
United States
Date Publish Online
2020-04-03