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ArticleBiochemical Society transactions2008

Controlling complexity and water penetration in functional de novo protein design.

J L Ross Anderson, Ronald L Koder, Christopher C Moser, P Leslie Dutton

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Article in Biochemical Society transactions, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

J L Ross AndersonDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, The Johnson Research Foundation, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Ronald L Koder
Christopher C Moser
P Leslie Dutton

Funding

Natural Engineering of Multi-Electron Biological Oxidation & ReductionR01GM041048 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI DUTTON, PETER LESLIE · 1989 to 2014
$5.0M
NIGMS NIH HHS GM41048NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM041048
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Natural proteins are complex, and the engineering elements that support function and catalysis are obscure. Simplified synthetic protein scaffolds offer a means to avoid such complexity, learn the underlying principles behind the assembly of function and render the modular assembly of enzymatic function a tangible reality. A key feature of such protein design is the control and exclusion of water access to the protein core to provide the low-dielectric environment that enables enzymatic function. Recent successes in de novo protein design have illustrated how such control can be incorporated into the design process and have paved the way for the synthesis of nascent enzymatic activity in these systems.

Indexed as

Amino AcidsCatalysisMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyMembranes, ArtificialProteinsWaterAmino AcidsMembranes, ArtificialProteinsWater

Identifiers

PMID19021506
PMCPMC4317335

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