| 配分額 *注記 |
3,400千円 (直接経費: 3,400千円)
2021年度: 1,100千円 (直接経費: 1,100千円)
2020年度: 1,100千円 (直接経費: 1,100千円)
2019年度: 1,200千円 (直接経費: 1,200千円)
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| 研究実績の概要 |
This year I worked on i) porous clusters formed by GroEL and gold nanoparticles (AuNPs), and ii) rugby ball self-assembly of DNA-functionalized GroEL.
In project i) I confirmed the ATPase activity of the clusters and analyzed the porous nature of the clusters by TEM, cryo TEM, and cryo-EM tomography. This quantitative approach confirmed that the clusters had discrete numbers of GroEL connecting AuNPs, as designed. The porous nature was also probed by guest loading studies, using various polymer-protein hybrids as guest species. This indicated that the cluster can accommodate guests on the order of several tens of nanometers in size, with a guest hydrodynamic diameter limit of around 45 nm. Experiments on the effect of guest polymer conformation on loading are ongoing.
In project ii) I studied the roles of various nucleotides and analogues, DNA sequence, and salt conditions in the rugby ball formation. This gave a complete understanding of the important factors for growth and supported a proposed mechanism for the assembly. I identified the alignment of GroEL units in the structure and its anisotropic nature. Current experiments are targeted to identify whether the structure is hollow.
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