Nature-inspired recycling of a protein mixture into a green fluorescent protein-based hydrogel.

ABSTRACT: Protein-based materials are biocompatible and have a variety of remarkable properties; consequently, they are finding more and more applications. Nature recycles proteins in multiple ways, ranging from bio-degradation (a slow approach) to fast recycling of protein metabolism. The latter is a wonderful example because a random mixture of proteins gets digested into amino acids (AAs), the fundamental building blocks of proteins. These AAs are then used by cells to produce whichever protein is needed at the time of synthesis. Seen through the lens of recycling, this process transforms a random mixture into something not necessarily present at the start but needed at the moment of recycling. We have recently shown that the process of protein recycling can be performed in vitro and calle

SUBMITTER: Roset Julia L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11447593 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature