Immobilization of two organometallic complexes into a single cage to construct protein-based microcompartments
Maity, B., Fukumori, K., Abe, S., Ueno, T.(2016) Chem Commun (Camb) 52: 5463-5466
- PubMed: 27021005 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/c6cc00679e
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
5E1U, 5E2D, 5HQO - PubMed Abstract: 
Natural protein-based microcompartments containing multiple enzymes promote cascade reactions within cells. We use the apo-ferritin protein cage to mimic such biocompartments by immobilizing two organometallic Ir and Pd complexes into the single protein cage. Precise locations of the metals and their accumulation mechanism were studied by X-ray crystallography.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, B-55, 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan. tueno@bio.titech.ac.jp.