Project description
Design and creation of autonomous protein motors
The ultimate goal of the EU-funded ArtMotor project is to design and build from the bottom up functional, synthetic protein motors capable of moving and transducing energy. The project will capitalise on the expertise in computational protein design, structural and molecular biology, and the utilisation of existing non-motor protein modules of known molecular function. The researchers will construct relatively simple protein motors that require external control while approaching the creation of an autonomous protein motor capable of moving along a track. Building autonomous protein motors with a wide range of properties, functionalities and performance characteristics could allow the transduction of the chemical energy into mechanical work more efficiently than human-made combustion engines.
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ERC-SyG - Synergy grant
Host institution
22100 Lund
Sweden
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22100 Lund
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95447 Bayreuth
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2052 Sydney
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