Nature Communications (Apr 2016)

Protein-directed self-assembly of a fullerene crystal

  • Kook-Han Kim,
  • Dong-Kyun Ko,
  • Yong-Tae Kim,
  • Nam Hyeong Kim,
  • Jaydeep Paul,
  • Shao-Qing Zhang,
  • Christopher B. Murray,
  • Rudresh Acharya,
  • William F. DeGrado,
  • Yong Ho Kim,
  • Gevorg Grigoryan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11429
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Self-assembly enables complex structures to be fabricated from a few relatively simple components, but requires a detailed understanding of how the constituents may interact. Here, the authors report the rational assembly and crystallographic characterization of a fullerene-protein superstructure.