title: Functional nanoscale biomolecular materials.
abstract: Various approaches have been developed to exploit the functional properties of proteins and the structural properties of nanoscale materials. These range from biomolecule-nanomaterial hybrids and biocatalytically-generated self-assembled amphiphiles to protein-based structural templates. This commentary by Jonathan Dordick, discusses the article by Douglas Clark and colleagues, in which the authors report a study on the extremophilic protein γ-prefoldin (γPFD).
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Center for Biotechnology & Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA. dordick@rpi.edu.
authors.forename: Jonathan S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Dordick
mesh_terms: D053768:Metal Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D018832:Molecular Chaperones / Q000737:chemistry*; D010984:Platinum / Q000737:chemistry*; D015202:Protein Engineering / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D018832:Molecular Chaperones; C112806:prefoldin; D010984:Platinum