Shanshan Lv1, Daniel M Dudek, Yi Cao

  • 1Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada.

Nature
|May 7, 2010
PubMed
まとめ

研究者らは,筋肉タンパク質のタイチンにインスパイアされた人工弾性タンパク質を開発した. これらの新しいバイオマテリアルは,筋肉の弾力性を模倣し,耐震性ショックアブソーバーとして機能し,組織工学における潜在的な応用があります.

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Mechanical Protein Functions

Proteins perform many mechanical functions in a cell. These proteins can be classified into two general categories- proteins that generate mechanical forces and proteins that are subjected to mechanical forces. Proteins providing mechanical support to the structure of the cell, such as keratin, are subjected to mechanical force, whereas proteins involved in cell movement and transport of molecules across cell membranes, such as an ion pump, are examples of generating mechanical force.