Chengye Si, Jiaxi Li, Quan Luo, Chunxi Hou, Tiezheng Pan, Hongbin Li and Junqiu Liu
Chem. Commun., 2016,52, 2924-2927
DOI:
10.1039/C5CC10373H,
Communication
A protein self-assembly nano-spring was developed through host–guest interactions between cucurbit[8]uril and tripeptide FGG tags of fusion protein FGG-recoverin-GST. Fine control of the conformational changes of the Ca2+-responsive domain allows for a 50% stretch of the protein nano-spring as it switches from the contracted state to the extended state.