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Date: | 2021 |
Abstract: | We have developed a simple, robust, and fully transversal approach for thea-la-cartefabrication of functional multimeric nanoparticles with potential biomedical applications, validated here by a set of diverse and unrelated polypeptides. The proposed concept is based on the controlled coordination between Znions and His residues in His-tagged proteins. This approach results in a spontaneous and reproducible protein assembly as nanoscale oligomers that keep the original functionalities of the protein building blocks. The assembly of these materials is not linked to particular polypeptide features, and it is based on an environmentally friendly and sustainable approach. The resulting nanoparticles, with dimensions ranging between 10 and 15 nm, are regular in size, are architecturally stable, are fully functional, and serve as intermediates in a more complex assembly process, resulting in the formation of microscale protein materials. Since most of the recombinant proteins produced by biochemical and biotechnological industries and intended for biomedical research are His-tagged, the green biofabrication procedure proposed here can be straightforwardly applied to a huge spectrum of protein species for their conversion into their respective nanostructured formats. |
Grants: | Agencia Estatal de Investigación BIO2016-76063-R Agencia Estatal de Investigación PID2019-105416RB-I00 Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad RTA2015-00064-C02-02 Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad PID2019-107298RB-C22 Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2017SGR-229 Instituto de Salud Carlos III PI20/00400 Instituto de Salud Carlos III CP19/00028 Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2018FI_B2_00051 Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2019FI_B_00352 Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación FPU18/04615 |
Note: | Altres ajuts: acords transformatius de la UAB |
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Language: | Anglès |
Document: | Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada |
Subject: | Nanoparticles ; Protein engineering ; Divalent cations ; Protein materials ; Biomaterials design |
Published in: | ACS sustainable chemistry & engineering, Vol. 9, Issue 36 (September 2021) , p. 12341-12354, ISSN 2168-0485 |
14 p, 6.8 MB |