Tag: Nanoparticles

  • Designed Protein Containers Push Bioengineering Boundaries

    Designed Protein Containers Push Bioengineering Boundaries

    Earlier this month, Baker lab researchers reported the computational design of a hyperstable 60-subunit protein icosahedron in Nature (Hsia et al); icosahedral protein structures are commonly observed in natural biological systems for packaging and transport (e.g. viral capsids). The described design was composed of 60 trimeric protein building blocks that self-assembled in a nanocage. In…