Construction of ferritin hydrogels utilizing subunit–subunit interactions

Various proteins form nanostructures exhibiting unique functions, making them attractive as next-generation materials. Ferritin is a hollow spherical protein that incorporates iron ions. Here, we found that hydrogels are simply formed from concentrated apoferritin solutions by acid denaturation and...

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Main Authors: Masaru Yamanaka, Tsuyoshi Mashima, Michio Ogihara, Mei Okamoto, Takayuki Uchihashi, Shun Hirota
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8565734/?tool=EBI