Illustration of paired proteins that look like a DNA model
Technique paves the way for the creation of protein nanomachines and for engineering of new cell functions. Proteins have now been designed in the lab to zip together in much the same way that DNA molecules zip up to form a double helix. The technique, whose development was led by University of Washington School of Medicine scientists, could enable the design of protein nanomachines that can potentially help diagnose and treat disease, allow for the more exact engineering of cells and perform a wide variety of other tasks.
“For any machine to work, its parts must come together precisely,” said Zibo Chen, the lead author of the paper and a UW graduate student in biochemistry...
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