Research News: Protein cages acting as constrained reaction environments have recently
been used to synthesize inorganic materials of nanometer dimensions. The size of the cavity …

In nature, the viability of biological systems is sustained via specific interactions among the
tens of thousands of proteins, the major building blocks of organisms from the simplest …

Self-assembly of peptides is a powerful method of preparing nanostructured materials.
These peptides frequently utilize charged groups as a convenient switch for controlling self …

Modulation of the structural diversity of diphenylalanine-based assemblies by molecular
modification and solvent alteration has been extensively explored for bio-and …

Bioinorganic chemistry is of growing importance in the fields of nanomaterial science and
biotechnology. Coordination of metals by biological systems is a crucial step in intricate …

Peptide TZ1C2 can populate two distinct orientations: a staggered (out-of-register) fibril and
an aligned (in-register) coiled-coil trimer. The coordination of two cadmium ions induces a …

With recent developments of nanoscale engineering in the physical and chemical sciences
and advances in molecular biology, molecular biomimetics is combining genetic tools and …

Engineering proteins to construct self-assemblies is of crucial significance not only for
understanding the sophisticated living systems but also for fabricating advanced materials …

Genetically encoded unnatural amino acids could facilitate the design of proteins and
enzymes of novel function, but correctly specifying sites of incorporation and the identities …

Highlights•Recent advances in the design of metal ion sites within de novo protein scaffolds
are described.•Miniature protein scaffolds are capable of tuning metal ion properties.• …