Recombinant protein condensation inside E. coli enables the development of building blocks for bioinspired materials engineering - biomimetic spider silk protein as a case study
Bartosz Gabryelczyk, Fred‐Eric Sammalisto, Julie‐Anne Gandier, Jianhui Feng, Grégory Beaune, Jaakko V. I. Timonen, Markus B. Linder
The paper shows that recombinant spider silk-mimetic protein forms liquid-like condensates in E. coli, which transition to solid-like states under acidic conditions, enabling bioinspired material development.
Materials Today Bio · Nov 14, 2022Peer-reviewedSynthetic Biology