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| Jonathan Trent and coworkers at NASA Ames Research Center have been studying "heat shock protein 60" (HSP60) in organisms living at high temperatures, the so-called "thermophiles." The HSP60 can be purified from cells as a double-ring structure consisting of 16-18 subunits. | |||||||||
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| The Ames group has recently discovered that the double-rings can be induced to self-assemble into tubes and then the tubes associate to form filaments.The protein nanotube shown here are about 15nm in diameter and several microns long. The nanotubes are stable up to near 100 degrees C, depending in the pH. Currently, several applications for these protein nanotubes are being explored. | |||||||||
| Email: jtrent@mail.arc.nasa.gov Phone: 650-604-3686 |
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