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Annual Review of Biophysics

Volume 46, 2017

Geometric Principles for Designing Highly Symmetric Self-Assembling Protein Nanomaterials

Abstract

Emerging protein design strategies are enabling the creation of diverse, self-assembling supramolecular structures with precision on the atomic scale. The design possibilities include various types of architectures: finite cages or shells, essentially unbounded two-dimensional and three-dimensional arrays (i.e., crystals), and linear or tubular filaments. In nature, structures of those types are generally symmetric, and, accordingly, symmetry provides a powerful guide for developing new design approaches. Recent design studies have produced numerous protein assemblies in close agreement with geometric specifications. For certain design approaches, a complete list of allowable symmetry combinations that can be used for construction has been articulated, opening a path to a rich diversity of geometrically defined protein materials. Future challenges include improving and elaborating on current strategies and endowing designed protein nanomaterials with properties useful in nanomedicine and material science applications.

Keyword(s): capsid, fusion, protein assembly, protein cage, protein design, symmetry
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