A Bacterial Surface Layer Protein Exploits Multi-step Crystallization for Rapid Self-assembly
J. Herrmann, P.-N. Li, F. Jabbarpour, A. C. K. Chan, I. Rajkovic, T. Matsui, L. Shapiro, J. Smit, T. Weiss, M. E. P. Murphy, S. Wakatsuki
This paper shows a bacterial surface layer protein uses a multi-step pathway with a nucleation domain to rapidly crystallize, enabling efficient 2D self-assembly on cell surfaces.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · Dec 17, 2019Peer-reviewedBiophysics