Crowley PB. Where is the Macrocycle? Comment on "Simultaneous Organic and Inorganic Host-Guest Chemistry within Pillararene-Protein Cage Frameworks.".
Chemistry 2023;
29:e202201110. [PMID:
37060222 DOI:
10.1002/chem.202201110]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2022] [Indexed: 04/16/2023]
Abstract
Kostiainen and co-workers claim to have prepared crystals of ferritin by "electrostatically bridging" the protein with a cationic pillar[5]arene. Questions remain regarding the contribution of the pillar[5]arene to protein assembly and the putative role as a molecular glue.
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