Using DNA to assemble a protein lattice
Thursday, April 2, 2015 - 08:00
in Biology & Nature
(Phys.org)—Living systems have ready-made catalysts, known as enzymes, for many types of reactions. What if these enzymes could be snapped together like Lego pieces to make a lattice structure? An ideal procedure for accomplishing this would be versatile enough to work with any protein, regardless of its identity, and would maintain the protein's native functionality while in the lattice structure.