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A molecular dynamics study to investigate the cavity control of Prefoldin based bio nano actuator is presented in this paper. Prefoldin is a molecular chaperone with a jellyfish-like structure containing six long coiled-coil tentacles and a large central cavity. We took the temperature and pH of the medium into account, and analyzed the conformational flexibility of the Prefoldin nano actuator in details. Results show that the prefoldin is a very flexible protein, the conformational state of which appears to depend on the temperature and pH values of the medium. In fact, combining these two control parameters, a suitable environment is provided to capture nano cargoes with specific dimensions. These properties of Prefoldin actuator can be used for drug delivery in the body.
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Shokuhfar, A., Ghaffari, A. & Ghasemi, R.H. Cavity Control of Prefoldin Nano Actuator (PNA) by Temperature and pH. Nano-Micro Lett. 4, 110–117 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03353701
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