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Area of Science:

  • Nanotechnology
  • Synthetic Biology
  • Biotechnology

Background:

  • Peptide-based self-assembled cages (SAGEs) are nanoscale structures formed from designed peptide hubs.
  • Previous work established the design, assembly, and characterization of SAGE particles.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To demonstrate the co-assembly of natural proteins into SAGE particles, creating protein-SAGE (pSAGE) constructs.
  • To explore the capacity of pSAGEs for encapsulating multiple and diverse functional proteins.

Main Methods:

  • Fusion of natural proteins to de novo designed peptides forming SAGE hubs.
  • Recombinant expression of synthetic genes encoding peptide-protein fusions.
  • Characterization of pSAGE particle integrity and protein incorporation capacity.

Main Results:

  • Successful co-assembly of various natural proteins into pSAGE particles.
  • pSAGEs tolerate multiple protein fusions, with up to 15% of hubs functionalized without compromising particle integrity.
  • Demonstrated simultaneous assembly of multiple different proteins within a single pSAGE particle.

Conclusions:

  • pSAGE technology offers a modular approach for encapsulating and presenting functional proteins at the nanoscale.
  • Potential applications include nanoreactors with immobilized enzyme cascades and synthetic vaccine platforms using antigenic proteins.