Adding a Metal Cluster to a Protein Nanostructure (IMAGE)

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Adding a Metal Cluster to a Protein Nanostructure

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This image shows a natural atomic-scale protein structure (middle) in a polyhedral bacterial microcompartment (left), and an engineered structure (right) that binds an iron-sulfur cluster (in blue), giving it a new function. The engineered protein was produced in E. coli bacteria--the background image shows a scanning electron micrograph image of E. coli.

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Berkeley Lab, National Institutes of Health

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