Pure Protein Bilayers and Vesicles from Native Fungal Hydrophobins.

Hähl, Hendrik; Vargas, Jose Nabor; Griffo, Alessandra; Laaksonen, Päivi; Szilvay, Géza; Lienemann, Michael; Jacobs, Karin; Seemann, Ralf et al. · Adv Mater · 2017

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Pure protein bilayers and vesicles are formed using the native, fungal hydrophobin HFBI. Bilayers with hydrophobic (red) and hydrophilic (blue) core are produced and, depending on the type of core, vesicles in water, oily media, and even in air can be created using microfluidic jetting. Vesicles in water are even able to incorporate functional gramicidin A pores.

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