6 research outputs found
One-plasmid double-expression His-tag system for rapid production and easy purification of MS2 phage-like particles
Quantitative characterization of all single amino acid variants of a viral capsid-based drug delivery vehicle
Self-assembling proteins have important applications in industrial technologies, but it is difficult to predict how mutations affect assembly. Here the authors present SyMAPS, coupling comprehensive codon mutagenesis with high-throughput sequencing, and apply it to bacteriophage capsid protein
SURGE complex of Plasmodium falciparum in the rhoptry-neck (SURFIN4.2-RON4-GLURP) contributes to merozoite invasion
Protein Cage Nanoparticles as Delivery Nanoplatforms
Protein cage nanoparticles are made of biomaterials, proteins, and have well-defined cage-like architectures designed and built by nature. They are composed of multiple copies of one or a small number of chemically identical subunits having a highly uniform nano-size and symmetric structure. Protein cage nanoparticles have genetic and chemical plasticity amenable to simultaneously introducing multiple cell-specific targeting ligands, diagnostic agents, and their corresponding therapeutic agents at desired sites depending on its purpose. A wide range of protein cage nanoparticles, such as ferritin, lumazine synthase, encapsulin, and virus-like particles, has been extensively explored and utilized in biomedical fields as effective delivery nanoplatforms of diagnostics and/or therapeutics. Highly biocompatible and plastic protein cage nanoparticles may provide a new paradigm for developing simple, but versatile in vivo delivery systems