Light-induced ATP driven self-assembly of actin and heavy-meromyosin in proteo-tubularsomes as a step toward artificial cells. Issue 42 (9th May 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Dhir, Satarupa; Salahub, Sumalee; Mathews, Anu Stella; Kumaran, Surjith Kumar; Montemagno, Carlo D.; Abraham, Sinoj
• Is Part Of: Chemical communications. Volume 54:Issue 42(2018)
• Page Start: 5346
• Page End: 5349
• Publication Date: 2018-05-09
• Subjects: Chemistry -- Periodicals; 540
• DOI: 10.1039/c8cc02691b
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1359-7345

Abstract

Abstract : In this work we studied the light induced self-assembly of F-actin and heavy meromyosin (HMM) in tubular vesicles or "tubularsomes" during initiation by ATP. Abstract : In this work, we studied the light induced self-assembly of F-actin and heavy meromyosin (HMM) in tubular vesicles or "tubularsomes" during initiation by ATP. To mimic nature, light-induced ATP synthesis was used for the F-actin/HMM self-assembly inside these vesicles created from a triblock copolymer reconstituted with the membrane protein bacteriorhodopsin (bR) and F1 F0 -ATPase along with F-actin and HMM in the core.