Researchers in Germany, the US and Israel say they have discovered a new mechanism for making a protein complex mechanically stable – it channels forces along paths perpendicular to the “pulling” axis in the structure. The result helps us better understand how proteins and other biomolecules resist external forces, and the work could even help in the development of artificial mechanoactive systems that might be used as tissue engineering scaffolds or as components in engineered nanomaterials…….
http://nanotechweb.org/cws/article/tech/62417
