Designing Multifunctional Biomaterials via Protein Self‐Assembly

A Solomonov, A Kozell… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Protein self‐assembly is a fundamental biological process where proteins spontaneously
organize into complex and functional structures without external direction. This process is …

Protein self-assembly: technology and strategy

L Zhao, S Qiao, J Liu - Science China Chemistry, 2016 - Springer
Proteins, as the premier building blocks in nature, exhibit extraordinary ability in life activities
during which process proteins mostly self-assemble into large complexes to exert prominent …

Protein assembly: Controllable design strategies and applications in biology

Y Li, R Tian, H Shi, J Xu, T Wang, J Liu - Aggregate, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Protein assembly is the structural basis for the collaboration between proteins to accomplish
life activities due to its realization of the domain‐limited and precise spatial arrangement of …

Protein self-assembly via supramolecular strategies

Y Bai, Q Luo, J Liu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Proteins, as the elemental basis of living organisms, mostly execute their biological tasks in
the form of supramolecular self-assemblies with subtle architectures, dynamic interactions …

Self‐assembly in nature: using the principles of nature to create complex nanobiomaterials

AC Mendes, ET Baran, RL Reis… - Wiley interdisciplinary …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Self‐assembly is a ubiquitous process in biology where it plays numerous important roles
and underlies the formation of a wide variety of complex biological structures. Over the past …

Two‐Step Protein Self‐Assembly in the Extracellular Matrix

WM Park, JA Champion - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Therapeutic proteins require controlled delivery to the target tissue to maintain the local
concentration over a prolonged period of time. A common approach is to delay protein …

Protein assembly by design

J Zhu, N Avakyan, A Kakkis, AM Hoffnagle… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Proteins are nature's primary building blocks for the construction of sophisticated molecular
machines and dynamic materials, ranging from protein complexes such as photosystem II …

Emerging biological materials through molecular self-assembly

S Zhang - Biotechnology advances, 2002 - Elsevier
Understanding of new materials at the molecular level has become increasingly critical for a
new generation of nanomaterials for nanotechnology, namely, the design, synthesis and …

Practical approaches to designing novel protein assemblies

NP King, YT Lai - Current opinion in structural biology, 2013 - Elsevier
Highlights•Recent studies focusing on designing highly ordered protein assemblies are
reviewed.•Principles related to the spatial organization of subunits are discussed.•Various …

Fibrous protein self‐assembly in biomimetic materials

TO Mason, U Shimanovich - Advanced Materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Protein self‐assembly processes, by which polypeptides interact and independently form
multimeric structures, lead to a wide array of different endpoints. Structures formed range …