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SUBMITTER: Kim KH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4853425 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kim Kook-Han KH Ko Dong-Kyun DK Kim Yong-Tae YT Kim Nam Hyeong NH Paul Jaydeep J Zhang Shao-Qing SQ Murray Christopher B CB Acharya Rudresh R DeGrado William F WF Kim Yong Ho YH Grigoryan Gevorg G
Nature communications 20160426
Learning to engineer self-assembly would enable the precise organization of molecules by design to create matter with tailored properties. Here we demonstrate that proteins can direct the self-assembly of buckminsterfullerene (C60) into ordered superstructures. A previously engineered tetrameric helical bundle binds C60 in solution, rendering it water soluble. Two tetramers associate with one C60, promoting further organization revealed in a 1.67-Å crystal structure. Fullerene groups occupy peri ...[more]