Sustained enzymatic activity and flow in crowded protein droplets

Living cells can harvest environmental energy to drive chemical processes. Here the authors design a minimal artificial system that achieves steady states at similar metabolic densities to microorganisms.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Andrea Testa, Mirco Dindo, Aleksander A. Rebane, Babak Nasouri, Robert W. Style, Ramin Golestanian, Eric R. Dufresne, Paola Laurino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26532-0