Self-assembling cyclic protein homo-oligomers
Wednesday, May 10, 2017 - 05:51
in Biology & Nature
Cyclic proteins that assemble from multiple identical subunits (homo-oligomers) play key roles in many biological processes, including cell signaling and enzymatic catalysis and protein function. Researchers in Berkeley Lab's Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging (MBIB) Division worked with University of Washington's David Baker, who led a team to design in silico and crystallize self-assembling cyclic homo-oligomer proteins.