Protein Surface Chemistry Encodes an Adaptive Tolerance to Desiccation
Paulette Sofia Romero-Perez, Haley M. Moran, David P. Cordone, Azeem Horani, Alexander Truong, Edgar Manriquez‐Sandoval, John F. Ramirez, Alec Martinez, Edith Gollub, Kara Hunter, Kavindu C. Kolamunna, Jeffrey M. Lotthammer, Ryan J. Emenecker, Hui Liu, Janet H. Iwasa, , Shahar Sukenik
The paper identifies protein surface chemistry as a determinant of desiccation tolerance and shows that modifying surface amino acids can confer tolerance to otherwise sensitive proteins.
Cell Systems · Jul 29, 2024Peer-reviewedBiophysics