Lighting the way to folding next-level origami

(European Molecular Biology Laboratory) Synthetic biologists from the National Institute of Chemistry in Ljubljana, Slovenia in collaboration with structural biologists from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Hamburg, Germany explored ways to fold artificial proteins into diverse shapes like origamis. They constructed diamond-shaped protein cages, and managed to transform them to different shapes. Similar technology exists for DNA, but origami proteins could have more applications, e.g. in making new materials, delivering drugs and vaccines, and more.
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - Category: Biology Source Type: news