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ReviewChemical reviews2021

Protein Assembly by Design.

Jie Zhu, Nicole Avakyan, Albert Kakkis, Alexander M Hoffnagle, Kenneth Han, Yiying Li, Zhiyin Zhang, Tae Su Choi, Youjeong Na, Chung-Jui Yu and 1 more

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Review in Chemical reviews, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 85 papers.

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85citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

85 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Tangled Tail of Mechanically Interlocked Peptides.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2026
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  9. Polymorphism in Self-Assembly of Short Peptoid Sequences.Polymer science & technology (Washington, D.C.) · 2026
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  16. MicroRNA-triggeredNational science review · 2026
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  17. Designability of α-Helical Protein Filaments.Sub-cellular biochemistry · 2026
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  20. Inverse Design of DNA-Programmable Protein Colloidal Crystals.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2025
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25 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Jie ZhuDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093-0340, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-2325-9819
Nicole AvakyanDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093-0340, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-9636-0291
Albert KakkisDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093-0340, United States.
Alexander M HoffnagleDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093-0340, United States.
Kenneth HanDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093-0340, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-7934-3011
Yiying LiDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093-0340, United States.
Zhiyin ZhangDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093-0340, United States.
Tae Su ChoiDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093-0340, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-1515-3275
Youjeong NaDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093-0340, United States.
Chung-Jui YuDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093-0340, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-2790-7844
F Akif TezcanDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093-0340, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-4733-6500

Funding

MOLECULAR BIOPHYSICS TRAINING PROGRAMT32GM008326 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI KOMIVES, ELIZABETH A. · 1989 to 2020
$7.5M
Design and Evolution of Metal-Based Functions in Supramolecular Protein ScaffoldsR01GM138884 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI TEZCAN, F. AKIF · 2020 to 2025
$2.0M
Chemical Biology Interfaces at UC San DiegoT32GM112584 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI BURKART, MICHAEL D. · 2015 to 2019
$729k
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM138884NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008326NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM112584
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Proteins are nature's primary building blocks for the construction of sophisticated molecular machines and dynamic materials, ranging from protein complexes such as photosystem II and nitrogenase that drive biogeochemical cycles to cytoskeletal assemblies and muscle fibers for motion. Such natural systems have inspired extensive efforts in the rational design of artificial protein assemblies in the last two decades. As molecular building blocks, proteins are highly complex, in terms of both their three-dimensional structures and chemical compositions. To enable control over the self-assembly of such complex molecules, scientists have devised many creative strategies by combining tools and principles of experimental and computational biophysics, supramolecular chemistry, inorganic chemistry, materials science, and polymer chemistry, among others. Owing to these innovative strategies, what started as a purely structure-building exercise two decades ago has, in short order, led to artificial protein assemblies with unprecedented structures and functions and protein-based materials with unusual properties. Our goal in this review is to give an overview of this exciting and highly interdisciplinary area of research, first outlining the design strategies and tools that have been devised for controlling protein self-assembly, then describing the diverse structures of artificial protein assemblies, and finally highlighting the emergent properties and functions of these assemblies.

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PMID34405992
PMCPMC9148388

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