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Synthetic protein switches are proteins that can be controlled by an external input, and are useful tools to probe protein function. Antibody fragments and antibody mimetics can be selected to bind, activate, or inhibit several diverse protein targets. Nev ...
A symposium report. The concept of template assembled synthetic proteins (TASP) has been evaluated for the locked-in fold derived from the DNA-binding bba zinc finger motif based on the consensus sequence Xaa3-Cys-Xaa2-4-Cys-Xaa12-His-Xaa3-4-His-Xaa4 to mi ...
An experimental system is described, permitting a detailed and systematic analysis of the factors governing self-assembly of amphipathic helices, e.g. to a four-helical bundle, a subject of major relevance for tertiary structure formation. protein folding ...
The template concept for overcoming the protein folding problem in protein de novo design has recently been extended for mimicking essential structural and functional features of proteins. Due to progress in synthetic methodologies, template-assembled cons ...
Recent progress in protein engineering, empowered by the rapidly evolving fields of synthetic biology and DNA synthesis, has enabled the generation of various custom-designed proteins. Their thorough analysis has led to applications in areas including medi ...
The capability to rapidly design proteins with novel functions will have a significant impact on medicine, biotechnology and synthetic biology. Synthetic genes are becoming a commodity, but integrated approaches have yet to be developed that take full adva ...
The structural prototype of a new generation of regioselectively addressable functionalized templates (RAFTs) for use in protein de novo design has been synthesized and crystallized. The structure of the aromatically substituted cyclodecapeptide was determ ...
One of the goals of synthetic biology is the development of an artificial cell. Building an artificial cell from scratch will provide a deeper understanding of fundamental mechanisms and models in biology and promises to contribute towards building novel p ...
The construction of protein-like folding motifs as structurally stable scaffolds for the introduction of function represents a major goal in protein design. The use of topol. templates allows the bypass of the well-known folding problem of linear polypepti ...
A chimeric TASP (Template Assembled Synthetic Proteins) mol., consisting of a 4-helix bundle motif and an antibody recognition site, has been covalently attached to a gold surface. The reversible antibody binding to the self-assembled monolayer as monitore ...