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]'' ] model of 29 of the 33 native compoents, from the laboratory of ]. Of the 31 component proteins, 27 are shown (blue), along with its 2 RNA strands (orange/yellow).<ref name=Ban>{{cite journal |vauthors=Ban N, Nissen P, Hansen J, Moore P, Steitz T|title=The Complete Atomic Structure of the Large Ribosomal Subunit at 2.4 ångström Resolution |journal=Science |volume=289 |issue=5481 |pages=905–20 |year=2000 |pmid=10937989 | doi = 10.1126/science.289.5481.905|bibcode = 2000Sci...289..905B |citeseerx=10.1.1.58.2271 }}</ref> Scale: assembly is approx. 24 nm across.<ref>{{cite web|author=William McClure |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051124223341/www.bio.cmu.edu/courses/03231/LecF03/Lec22/lec22img.html |title=50S Ribosome Subunit |date= |accessdate=2019-10-09}}</ref>]]


{{short description|Large chemical complexes composed of polymers and other macromolecules}}
The term '''macromolecular assembly''' (MA) refers to massive chemical structures such as ]es and non-biologic ]s, cellular ]s and ] and ]s, etc. that are complex mixtures of ], ], ] or other polymeric ]s. They are generally of more than one of these types, and the mixtures are defined spatially (i.e., with regard to their chemical shape), and with regard to their underlying chemical composition and ]. ]s are found in living and nonliving things, and are composed of many hundreds or thousands of ]s held together by ]s; they are often characterized by repeating units (i.e., they are ]). Assemblies of these can likewise be biologic or non-biologic, though the MA term is more commonly applied in biology, and the term ] is more often applied in non-biologic contexts (e.g., in ] and ]). MAs of macromolecules are held in their defined forms by ] ]s (rather than covalent bonds), and can be in either non-repeating structures (e.g., as in the ] (image) and ] architectures), or in repeating linear, circular, spiral, or other patterns (e.g., as in ] and the ], image). The process by which MAs are formed has been termed ], a term especially applied in non-biologic contexts. A wide variety of physical/biophysical, chemical/biochemical, and computational methods exist for the study of MA; given the scale (molecular dimensions) of MAs, efforts to elaborate their composition and structure and discern mechanisms underlying their functions are at the forefront of modern structure science.
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], which catalytically ] the information content contained in ] molecules into proteins. The animation presents the elongation and membrane targeting stages of ], showing the mRNA as a black arc, the ] subunits in green and yellow, tRNAs in dark blue, proteins such as ] and other factors involved in light blue, the growing polypeptide chain as a black thread growing vertically from the curve of the mRNA. At end of the animation, the polypeptide produced is extruded through a light blue SecY pore<ref name=pmid16212506>{{cite journal | vauthors = Osborne AR, Rapoport TA, van den Berg B | title = Protein translocation by the Sec61/SecY channel | journal = Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology | volume = 21 | pages = 529–50 | date = 2005 | pmid = 16212506 | doi = 10.1146/annurev.cellbio.21.012704.133214 }}</ref> into the gray interior of the ].]]
]'' ] model of 29 of the 33 native components, from the laboratory of ]. Of the 31 component proteins, 27 are shown (blue), along with its 2 RNA strands (orange/yellow).<ref name=Ban>{{cite journal | vauthors = Ban N, Nissen P, Hansen J, Moore PB, Steitz TA | title = The complete atomic structure of the large ribosomal subunit at 2.4 A resolution | journal = Science | volume = 289 | issue = 5481 | pages = 905–920 | date = August 2000 | pmid = 10937989 | doi = 10.1126/science.289.5481.905 | citeseerx = 10.1.1.58.2271 | bibcode = 2000Sci...289..905B }}</ref> Scale: assembly is approx. 24 nm across.<ref>{{cite web| vauthors = McClure W |url=http://www.bio.cmu.edu/courses/03231/LecF03/Lec22/lec22img.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051124223341/http://www.bio.cmu.edu/courses/03231/LecF03/Lec22/lec22img.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-11-24 |title=50S Ribosome Subunit |access-date=2019-10-09}}</ref>]]

In ], the term '''macromolecular assembly''' ('''MA''') refers to massive chemical structures such as ]es and non-biologic ]s, cellular ]s and ] and ]s, etc. that are complex mixtures of ], ], ] or other polymeric ]s. They are generally of more than one of these types, and the mixtures are defined spatially (i.e., with regard to their chemical shape), and with regard to their underlying chemical composition and ]. Macromolecules are found in living and nonliving things, and are composed of many hundreds or thousands of ]s held together by ]s; they are often characterized by repeating units (i.e., they are ]). Assemblies of these can likewise be biologic or non-biologic, though the MA term is more commonly applied in biology, and the term ] is more often applied in non-biologic contexts (e.g., in ] and ]). MAs of macromolecules are held in their defined forms by ] ]s (rather than ]s), and can be in either non-repeating structures (e.g., as in the ribosome (image) and cell membrane architectures), or in repeating linear, circular, spiral, or other patterns (e.g., as in ] and the ], image). The process by which MAs are formed has been termed ], a term especially applied in non-biologic contexts. A wide variety of physical/biophysical, chemical/biochemical, and computational methods exist for the study of MA; given the scale (molecular dimensions) of MAs, efforts to elaborate their composition and structure and discern mechanisms underlying their functions are at the forefront of modern structure science.
], which catalytically ] the information content contained in ] molecules into proteins. The animation presents the elongation and membrane targeting stages of ], showing the mRNA as a black arc, the ] subunits in green and yellow, tRNAs in dark blue, proteins such as ] and other factors involved in light blue, the growing polypeptide chain as a black thread growing vertically from the curve of the mRNA. At end of the animation, the polypeptide produced is extruded through a light blue SecY pore<ref name=pmid16212506>{{cite journal | vauthors = Osborne AR, Rapoport TA, van den Berg B | title = Protein translocation by the Sec61/SecY channel | journal = Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology | volume = 21 | pages = 529–550 | date = 2005 | pmid = 16212506 | doi = 10.1146/annurev.cellbio.21.012704.133214 }}</ref> into the gray interior of the ].]]


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==Biomolecular complex== ==Biomolecular complex==
] model of the structure of a ]l ] "motor" and partial rod structure of a ''Salmonella'' species. Bottom to top: dark blue, repeating FliM and FliN, motor/switch proteins; red, FliG motor/switch proteins; yellow, FliF transmembrane coupling proteins; light blue, L and P ring proteins; and (at top), dark blue, the cap, hook-filament junction, hook, and rod proteins.<ref>Legend, cover art, J. Bacteriol., October 2006.{{full|date=October 2019}}</ref>]] ] model of the structure of a ]l ] "motor" and partial rod structure of a ''Salmonella'' species. Bottom to top: dark blue, repeating FliM and FliN, motor/switch proteins; red, FliG motor/switch proteins; yellow, FliF transmembrane coupling proteins; light blue, L and P ring proteins; and (at top), dark blue, the cap, hook-filament junction, hook, and rod proteins.<ref>Legend, cover art, J. Bacteriol., October 2006.{{full citation needed|date=October 2019}}</ref>]]


A '''biomolecular complex''', also called a '''biomacromolecular complex''', is any biological complex made of more than one ] (], ], ], A '''biomolecular complex''', also called a '''biomacromolecular complex''', is any biological complex made of more than one ] (], ], ],
<ref name=biomolecular_complex_protein_DNA_RNA__2005>{{cite journal | vauthors = Kleinjung J, Fraternali F | title = POPSCOMP: an automated interaction analysis of biomolecular complexes | journal = Nucleic Acids Research | volume = 33 | issue = Web Server issue | pages = W342–W346 | date = July 2005 | pmid = 15980485 | pmc = 1160130 | doi = 10.1093/nar/gki369 }}</ref>
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| title = POPSCOMP: an automated interaction analysis of biomolecular complexes
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]) or large non-polymeric biomolecules (]). The interactions between these biomolecules are non-covalent. ]) or large non-polymeric biomolecules (]). The interactions between these biomolecules are non-covalent.
<ref name=Ribosome_macromolecular_device_2012_REVIEW>{{Cite journal <ref name=Ribosome_macromolecular_device_2012_REVIEW>{{cite journal | vauthors = Moore PB | title = How should we think about the ribosome? | journal = Annual Review of Biophysics | volume = 41 | issue = 1 | pages = 1–19 | date = 2012 | pmid = 22577819 | doi = 10.1146/annurev-biophys-050511-102314 }}</ref>
| doi = 10.1146/annurev-biophys-050511-102314
| volume = 41
| issue = 1
| pages = 1–19
| last = Moore
| first = Peter B.
| title = How Should We Think About the Ribosome?
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| date = 2012
| pmid = 22577819
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Examples: Examples:
* ]es, some of which are ]es: ], ], ], symmetric viral ]s, chaperonin complex ]-], ], ], ]. * ]es, some of which are ]es: ], ], ], symmetric viral ]s, chaperonin complex ]-], ], ], ].
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* DNA-protein complexes: ]. * DNA-protein complexes: ].
* Protein-lipid complexes: ].<ref name=Trends_in_biochemical_sciences_2015> * Protein-lipid complexes: ].<ref name=Trends_in_biochemical_sciences_2015>
{{cite journal | vauthors = Neuman N | title = The Complex Macromolecular Complex | journal = Trends in Biochemical Sciences | volume = 41 | issue = 1 | pages = 1–3 | date = January 2016 | pmid = 26699226 | doi = 10.1016/j.tibs.2015.11.006 | doi-access = free }}</ref><ref name=Structure_2005>
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{{cite journal | vauthors = Dutta S, Berman HM | title = Large macromolecular complexes in the Protein Data Bank: a status report | journal = Structure | volume = 13 | issue = 3 | pages = 381–388 | date = March 2005 | pmid = 15766539 | doi = 10.1016/j.str.2005.01.008 | doi-access = free }}</ref>
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The biomacromolecular complexes are studied structurally by ], ], ] and successive ], and ]. The biomacromolecular complexes are studied structurally by ], ], ] and successive ], and ].
<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Russell RB, Alber F, Aloy P, Davis FP, Korkin D, Pichaud M, Topf M, Sali A | display-authors = 6 | title = A structural perspective on protein-protein interactions | journal = Current Opinion in Structural Biology | volume = 14 | issue = 3 | pages = 313–324 | date = June 2004 | pmid = 15193311 | doi = 10.1016/j.sbi.2004.04.006 }}</ref>
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|author2=Frank Alber |author3=Patrick Aloy |author4=Fred P Davis |author5=Dmitry Korkin |author6=Matthieu Pichaud |author7=Maya Topf |author8=Andrej Sali
| title = A structural perspective on protein–protein interactions
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The atomic structure models obtained by X-ray crystallography and biomolecular NMR spectroscopy can be ] into the much larger structures of biomolecular complexes obtained by lower resolution techniques like electron microscopy, electron tomography, and ]. The atomic structure models obtained by X-ray crystallography and biomolecular NMR spectroscopy can be ] into the much larger structures of biomolecular complexes obtained by lower resolution techniques like electron microscopy, electron tomography, and ].
<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = van Dijk AD, Boelens R, Bonvin AM | title = Data-driven docking for the study of biomolecular complexes | journal = The FEBS Journal | volume = 272 | issue = 2 | pages = 293–312 | date = January 2005 | pmid = 15654870 | doi = 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2004.04473.x | hdl-access = free | s2cid = 20148856 | hdl = 1874/336958 }}</ref>
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| title = Data-driven docking for the study of biomolecular complexes
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| year = 2005
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Complexes of macromolecules occur ubiquitously in nature, where they are involved in the construction of viruses and all living cells. In addition, they play fundamental roles in all basic life processes (], ], ], intra- and inter-cellular exchange of material between compartments, etc.). In each of these roles, complex mixtures of become organized in specific structural and spatial ways. While the individual macromolecules are held together by a combination of covalent bonds and ''intra''molecular non-covalent forces (i.e., associations between parts within each molecule, via ]s, ], and ]s such as ]s), by definition MAs themselves are held together solely via the ] forces, except now exerted ''between'' molecules (i.e., ]s).{{cn|date=March 2019}} Complexes of macromolecules occur ubiquitously in nature, where they are involved in the construction of viruses and all living cells. In addition, they play fundamental roles in all basic life processes (], ], ], intra- and inter-cellular exchange of material between compartments, etc.). In each of these roles, complex mixtures of become organized in specific structural and spatial ways. While the individual macromolecules are held together by a combination of covalent bonds and ''intra''molecular non-covalent forces (i.e., associations between parts within each molecule, via ]s, ], and ]s such as ]s), by definition MAs themselves are held together solely via the ] forces, except now exerted ''between'' molecules (i.e., ]s).{{citation needed|date=March 2019}}


== MA scales and examples == ==MA scales and examples==
The images above give an indication of the compositions and scale (dimensions) associated with MAs, though these just begin to touch on the complexity of the structures; in principle, each living cell is composed of MAs, but is itself an MA as well. In the examples and other such complexes and assemblies, MAs are each often millions of ]s in molecular weight (megadaltons, i.e., millions of times the weight of a single, simple atom), though still having measurable component ratios (]) at some level of precision. As alluded to in the image legends, when properly prepared, MAs or component subcomplexes of MAs can often be crystallized for study by ] and related methods, or studied by other physical methods (e.g., ], ]).{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}
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] MAs. Yellow-orange indicates ] lipid tails; black and white spheres represent PL polar regions (''v.i.''). Bilayer/liposome dimensions (obscured in graphic): hydrophobic and polar regions, each ~30 Å (3.0 nm) "thick"—the polar from ~15 Å (1.5 nm) ''on each side''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blanco.biomol.uci.edu/Bilayer_Struc.html |title=Structure of Fluid Lipid Bilayers |publisher=Blanco.biomol.uci.edu |date=2009-11-10 |access-date=2019-10-09}}</ref><ref>Experimental system, dioleoyl] bilayers. The hydrophobic hydrocarbon region of the lipid is ~30 Å (3.0 nm) as determined by a combination of neutron and X-ray scattering methods; likewise, the polar/interface region (glyceryl, phosphate, and headgroup moieties, with their combined hydration) is ~15 Å (1.5 nm) ''on each side'', for a total thickness about equal to the hydrocarbon region. See S.H. White references, preceding and following.</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Wiener MC, White SH | title = Structure of a fluid dioleoylphosphatidylcholine bilayer determined by joint refinement of x-ray and neutron diffraction data. III. Complete structure | journal = Biophysical Journal | volume = 61 | issue = 2 | pages = 434–447 | date = February 1992 | pmid = 1547331 | pmc = 1260259 | doi = 10.1016/S0006-3495(92)81849-0 | bibcode = 1992BpJ....61..434W }}</ref>{{primary source inline|date=October 2019}}<ref>Hydrocarbon dimensions vary with temperature, mechanical stress, PL structure and coformulants, etc. by single- to low double-digit percentages of these values.{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}</ref>]]
The images above give an indication of the compositions and scale (dimensions) associated with MAs, though these just begin to touch on the complexity of the structures; in principle, each living cell is composed of MAs, but is itself an MA as well. In the examples and other such complexes and assemblies, MAs are each often millions of ]s in molecular weight (megadaltons, i.e., millions of times the weight of a single, simple atom), though still having measurable component ratios (]) at some level of precision. As alluded to in the image legends, when properly prepared, MAs or component subcomplexes of MAs can often be crystallized for study by ] and related methods, or studied by other physical methods (e.g., ], ]).
], with 30 copies of each of its coat proteins, the small coat protein (S, yellow) and the large coat protein (L, green), which, along with 2 molecules of ] ] (RNA-1 and RNA-2, not visible) constitute the virion. The assembly is highly ], and is ~280 Å (28 nm) across at its widest point.{{verification needed|date=October 2019}}{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}]]
] MAs. Yellow-orange indicates ] lipid tails; black and white spheres represent PL polar regions (''v.i.''). Bilayer/liposome dimensions (obscured in graphic): hydrophobic and polar regions, each ~30 Å (3.0 nm) "thick"—the polar from ~15 Å (1.5 nm) ''on each side''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blanco.biomol.uci.edu/Bilayer_Struc.html |title=Structure of Fluid Lipid Bilayers |publisher=Blanco.biomol.uci.edu |date=2009-11-10 |accessdate=2019-10-09}}</ref><ref>Experimental system, dioleoyl] bilayers. The hydrophobic hydrocarbon region of the lipid is ~30 Å (3.0 nm) as determined by a combination of neutron and X-ray scattering methods; likewise, the polar/interface region (glyceryl, phosphate, and headgroup moieties, with their combined hydration) is ~15 Å (1.5 nm) ''on each side'', for a total thickness about equal to the hydrocarbon region. See S.H. White references, preceding and following.</ref><ref>{{cite journal| author = Wiener MC & White SH | year = 1992 | title = Structure of a fluid dioleoylphosphatidylcholine bilayer determined by joint refinement of x-ray and neutron diffraction data. III. Complete structure. | journal = Biophys. J. | volume = 61 | issue = 2 | pages = 434–447 | pmid = 1547331 | pmc = 1260259 | doi = 10.1016/S0006-3495(92)81849-0 }}{{primary source inline|date=October 2019}}</ref><ref>Hydrocarbon dimensions vary with temperature, mechanical stress, PL structure and coformulants, etc. by single- to low double-digit percentages of these values.{{cn|date=October 2019}}</ref>]]
]s were among the first studied MAs; other biologic examples include ribosomes (partial image above), proteasomes, and translation complexes (with ] and ] components), procaryotic and eukaryotic transcription complexes, and ] and other biological ]s that allow material passage between cells and cellular compartments. ]s are also generally considered MAs, though the requirement for structural and spatial definition is modified to accommodate the inherent ] of membrane ]s, and of proteins within ]s.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Gerle C | title = Essay on Biomembrane Structure | journal = The Journal of Membrane Biology | volume = 252 | issue = 2–3 | pages = 115–130 | date = June 2019 | pmid = 30877332 | pmc = 6556169 | doi = 10.1007/s00232-019-00061-w }}</ref>
], with 30 copies of each of its coat proteins, the small coat protein (S, yellow) and the large coat protein (L, green), which, along with 2 molecules of ] ] (RNA-1 and RNA-2, not visible) constitute the virion. The assembly is highly ], and is ~280 Å (28 nm) across at its widest point.{{verification needed|date=October 2019}}{{cn|date=October 2019}}]]
]s were among the first studied MAs; other biologic examples include ribosomes (partial image above), proteasomes, and translation complexes (with ] and ] components), procaryotic and eukaryotic transcription complexes, and ] and other biological ]s that allow material passage between cells and cellular compartments. ]s are also generally considered MAs, though the requirement for structural and spatial definition is modified to accommodate the inherent ] of membrane ]s, and of proteins within ]s.


===Virus assembly===
== Research into MAs ==
During assembly of the ] ], the morphogenetic proteins encoded by the phage ]s interact with each other in a characteristic sequence. Maintaining an appropriate balance in the amounts of each of these proteins produced during viral infection appears to be critical for normal phage T4 ].<ref name="pmid4907266">{{cite journal | vauthors = Floor E | title = Interaction of morphogenetic genes of bacteriophage T4 | journal = Journal of Molecular Biology | volume = 47 | issue = 3 | pages = 293–306 | date = February 1970 | pmid = 4907266 | doi = 10.1016/0022-2836(70)90303-7 }}</ref> Phage T4 encoded proteins that determine virion structure include major structural components, minor structural components and non-structural proteins that catalyze specific steps in the morphogenesis sequence<ref name="pmid4878023">{{cite journal | vauthors = Snustad DP | title = Dominance interactions in Escherichia coli cells mixedly infected with bacteriophage T4D wild-type and amber mutants and their possible implications as to type of gene-product function: catalytic vs. stoichiometric | journal = Virology | volume = 35 | issue = 4 | pages = 550–63 | date = August 1968 | pmid = 4878023 | doi = 10.1016/0042-6822(68)90285-7 }}</ref>
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The study of MA structure and function is challenging, in particular because of their megadalton size, but also because of their complex compositions and varying dynamic natures. Most have had standard chemical and biochemical methods applied (methods of ] and ], chemical and ] characterization, etc.). In addition, their methods of study include modern ] approaches, computational and atomic-resolution structural methods (e.g., ]), ] (SAXS) and ] (SANS), force spectroscopy, and ] and ]. ] was recognized with the 1982 ] in Chemistry for his work on structural elucidation using electron microscopy, in particular for protein-nucleic acid MAs including the ] (a structure containing a 6400 base ] molecule and >2000 coat protein molecules). The crystallization and structure solution for the ribosome, MW ~ 2.5 MDa, an example of part of the protein synthetic 'machinery' of living cells, was object of the 2009 ] in Chemistry awarded to ], ], and ].


==Research into MAs==
== Non-biologic counterparts ==
The study of MA structure and function is challenging, in particular because of their megadalton size, but also because of their complex compositions and varying dynamic natures. Most have had standard chemical and biochemical methods applied (methods of ] and ], chemical and ] characterization, etc.). In addition, their methods of study include modern ] approaches, computational and atomic-resolution structural methods (e.g., ]), ] (SAXS) and ] (SANS), force spectroscopy, and ] and ]. ] was recognized with the 1982 ] in Chemistry for his work on structural elucidation using electron microscopy, in particular for protein-nucleic acid MAs including the ] (a structure containing a 6400 base ] molecule and >2000 coat protein molecules). The crystallization and structure solution for the ribosome, MW ~ 2.5 MDa, an example of part of the protein synthetic 'machinery' of living cells, was object of the 2009 ] in Chemistry awarded to ], ], and ].<ref>{{cite web |title=The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2009 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2009/summary/ |website=The Nobel Prize |publisher=Nobel Prize Outreach AB 2021 |access-date=10 May 2021}}</ref>
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Finally, biology is not the sole domain of MAs. The fields of ] and ] each have areas that have developed to elaborate and extend the principles first demonstrated in biologic MAs. Of particular interest in these areas has been elaborating the fundamental processes of ]s, and extending known machine designs to new types and processes.
==Non-biologic counterparts==
Finally, biology is not the sole domain of MAs. The fields of ] and ] each have areas that have developed to elaborate and extend the principles first demonstrated in biologic MAs. Of particular interest in these areas has been elaborating the fundamental processes of ]s, and extending known machine designs to new types and processes.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}


==See also== ==See also==
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* ] * ]
* ]: macromolecular assembly in biology is the same as biomacromolecular complex.
* ]: the broadest definition of "organelle" includes not only membrane bound cellular structures, but also very large biomolecular complexes. * ]: the broadest definition of "organelle" includes not only membrane bound cellular structures, but also very large biomolecular complexes.
* ] * ]


== References == ==References==
{{Reflist}} {{Reflist}}


== Further reading == ==Further reading==

===General reviews=== ===General reviews===
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*{{cite journal | last1 = Williamson | first1 = J.R. | year = 2008 | title = Cooperativity in macromolecular assembly | url = | journal = Nature Chemical Biology | volume = 4 | issue = 8| pages = 458–465 | doi=10.1038/nchembio.102| pmid = 18641626 }}
* {{cite journal | vauthors = Williamson JR | title = Cooperativity in macromolecular assembly | journal = Nature Chemical Biology | volume = 4 | issue = 8 | pages = 458–465 | date = August 2008 | pmid = 18641626 | doi = 10.1038/nchembio.102 }}
* Perrakis A, Musacchio A, Cusack S, Petosa C. Investigating a macromolecular complex: the toolkit of methods. J Struct Biol. 2011 Aug;175(2):106-12. doi: 10.1016/j.jsb.2011.05.014. Epub 2011 May 18. Review. PubMed PMID: 21620973.
* {{cite journal | vauthors = Perrakis A, Musacchio A, Cusack S, Petosa C | title = Investigating a macromolecular complex: the toolkit of methods | journal = Journal of Structural Biology | volume = 175 | issue = 2 | pages = 106–12 | date = August 2011 | pmid = 21620973 | doi = 10.1016/j.jsb.2011.05.014 | url = }}
* Dafforn TR. So how do you know you have a macromolecular complex? Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 2007 Jan;63(Pt 1):17-25. Epub 2006 Dec 13. Review. PubMed PMID: 17164522; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2483502.
* {{cite journal | vauthors = Dafforn TR | title = So how do you know you have a macromolecular complex? | journal = Acta Crystallographica. Section D, Biological Crystallography | volume = 63 | issue = Pt 1 | pages = 17–25 | date = January 2007 | pmid = 17164522 | pmc = 2483502 | doi = 10.1107/S0907444906047044 }}
* Wohlgemuth I, Lenz C, Urlaub H. Studying macromolecular complex stoichiometries by peptide-based mass spectrometry. Proteomics. 2015 Mar;15(5-6):862-79. doi: 10.1002/pmic.201400466. Epub 2015 Feb 6. Review. PubMed PMID: 25546807; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5024058.
* {{cite journal | vauthors = Wohlgemuth I, Lenz C, Urlaub H | title = Studying macromolecular complex stoichiometries by peptide-based mass spectrometry | journal = Proteomics | volume = 15 | issue = 5–6 | pages = 862–79 | date = March 2015 | pmid = 25546807 | pmc = 5024058 | doi = 10.1002/pmic.201400466 }}
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* Monie TP. The Canonical Inflammasome: A Macromolecular Complex Driving Inflammation. Subcell Biochem. 2017;83:43-73. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-46503-6_2. Review. PubMed PMID: 28271472.
* {{cite book | vauthors = Monie TP | chapter = The Canonical Inflammasome: A Macromolecular Complex Driving Inflammation | series = Subcellular Biochemistry | title = Macromolecular Protein Complexes | volume = 83 | pages = 43–73 | date = 2017 | pmid = 28271472 | doi = 10.1007/978-3-319-46503-6_2 | isbn = 978-3-319-46501-2 }}
* Perino A, Ghigo A, Damilano F, Hirsch E. Identification of the macromolecular complex responsible for PI3Kgamma-dependent regulation of cAMP levels. Biochem Soc Trans. 2006 Aug;34(Pt 4):502-3. Review. PubMed PMID: 16856844.
* {{cite journal | vauthors = Perino A, Ghigo A, Damilano F, Hirsch E | title = Identification of the macromolecular complex responsible for PI3Kgamma-dependent regulation of cAMP levels | journal = Biochemical Society Transactions | volume = 34 | issue = Pt 4 | pages = 502–3 | date = August 2006 | pmid = 16856844 | doi = 10.1042/BST0340502 }}
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==External links== == External links ==
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Structure of nucleoprotein MA: The 50S ribosomal subunit from H. marismortui X-ray crystallographic model of 29 of the 33 native components, from the laboratory of Thomas Steitz. Of the 31 component proteins, 27 are shown (blue), along with its 2 RNA strands (orange/yellow). Scale: assembly is approx. 24 nm across.

In molecular biology, the term macromolecular assembly (MA) refers to massive chemical structures such as viruses and non-biologic nanoparticles, cellular organelles and membranes and ribosomes, etc. that are complex mixtures of polypeptide, polynucleotide, polysaccharide or other polymeric macromolecules. They are generally of more than one of these types, and the mixtures are defined spatially (i.e., with regard to their chemical shape), and with regard to their underlying chemical composition and structure. Macromolecules are found in living and nonliving things, and are composed of many hundreds or thousands of atoms held together by covalent bonds; they are often characterized by repeating units (i.e., they are polymers). Assemblies of these can likewise be biologic or non-biologic, though the MA term is more commonly applied in biology, and the term supramolecular assembly is more often applied in non-biologic contexts (e.g., in supramolecular chemistry and nanotechnology). MAs of macromolecules are held in their defined forms by non-covalent intermolecular interactions (rather than covalent bonds), and can be in either non-repeating structures (e.g., as in the ribosome (image) and cell membrane architectures), or in repeating linear, circular, spiral, or other patterns (e.g., as in actin filaments and the flagellar motor, image). The process by which MAs are formed has been termed molecular self-assembly, a term especially applied in non-biologic contexts. A wide variety of physical/biophysical, chemical/biochemical, and computational methods exist for the study of MA; given the scale (molecular dimensions) of MAs, efforts to elaborate their composition and structure and discern mechanisms underlying their functions are at the forefront of modern structure science.

A eukaryotic ribosome, which catalytically translate the information content contained in mRNA molecules into proteins. The animation presents the elongation and membrane targeting stages of eukaryotic translation, showing the mRNA as a black arc, the ribosome subunits in green and yellow, tRNAs in dark blue, proteins such as elongation and other factors involved in light blue, the growing polypeptide chain as a black thread growing vertically from the curve of the mRNA. At end of the animation, the polypeptide produced is extruded through a light blue SecY pore into the gray interior of the ER.

Biomolecular complex

3D printed model of the structure of a bacterial flagellum "motor" and partial rod structure of a Salmonella species. Bottom to top: dark blue, repeating FliM and FliN, motor/switch proteins; red, FliG motor/switch proteins; yellow, FliF transmembrane coupling proteins; light blue, L and P ring proteins; and (at top), dark blue, the cap, hook-filament junction, hook, and rod proteins.

A biomolecular complex, also called a biomacromolecular complex, is any biological complex made of more than one biopolymer (protein, RNA, DNA, carbohydrate) or large non-polymeric biomolecules (lipid). The interactions between these biomolecules are non-covalent. Examples:

The biomacromolecular complexes are studied structurally by X-ray crystallography, NMR spectroscopy of proteins, cryo-electron microscopy and successive single particle analysis, and electron tomography. The atomic structure models obtained by X-ray crystallography and biomolecular NMR spectroscopy can be docked into the much larger structures of biomolecular complexes obtained by lower resolution techniques like electron microscopy, electron tomography, and small-angle X-ray scattering.

Complexes of macromolecules occur ubiquitously in nature, where they are involved in the construction of viruses and all living cells. In addition, they play fundamental roles in all basic life processes (protein translation, cell division, vesicle trafficking, intra- and inter-cellular exchange of material between compartments, etc.). In each of these roles, complex mixtures of become organized in specific structural and spatial ways. While the individual macromolecules are held together by a combination of covalent bonds and intramolecular non-covalent forces (i.e., associations between parts within each molecule, via charge-charge interactions, van der Waals forces, and dipole–dipole interactions such as hydrogen bonds), by definition MAs themselves are held together solely via the noncovalent forces, except now exerted between molecules (i.e., intermolecular interactions).

MA scales and examples

The images above give an indication of the compositions and scale (dimensions) associated with MAs, though these just begin to touch on the complexity of the structures; in principle, each living cell is composed of MAs, but is itself an MA as well. In the examples and other such complexes and assemblies, MAs are each often millions of daltons in molecular weight (megadaltons, i.e., millions of times the weight of a single, simple atom), though still having measurable component ratios (stoichiometries) at some level of precision. As alluded to in the image legends, when properly prepared, MAs or component subcomplexes of MAs can often be crystallized for study by protein crystallography and related methods, or studied by other physical methods (e.g., spectroscopy, microscopy).

Cross-sections of phospholipid (PLs) relevant to biomembrane MAs. Yellow-orange indicates hydrophobic lipid tails; black and white spheres represent PL polar regions (v.i.). Bilayer/liposome dimensions (obscured in graphic): hydrophobic and polar regions, each ~30 Å (3.0 nm) "thick"—the polar from ~15 Å (1.5 nm) on each side.
A graphical representation of the structure of a viral MA, cowpea mosaic virus, with 30 copies of each of its coat proteins, the small coat protein (S, yellow) and the large coat protein (L, green), which, along with 2 molecules of positive-sense RNA (RNA-1 and RNA-2, not visible) constitute the virion. The assembly is highly symmetric, and is ~280 Å (28 nm) across at its widest point.

Virus structures were among the first studied MAs; other biologic examples include ribosomes (partial image above), proteasomes, and translation complexes (with protein and nucleic acid components), procaryotic and eukaryotic transcription complexes, and nuclear and other biological pores that allow material passage between cells and cellular compartments. Biomembranes are also generally considered MAs, though the requirement for structural and spatial definition is modified to accommodate the inherent molecular dynamics of membrane lipids, and of proteins within lipid bilayers.

Virus assembly

During assembly of the bacteriophage (phage) T4 virion, the morphogenetic proteins encoded by the phage genes interact with each other in a characteristic sequence. Maintaining an appropriate balance in the amounts of each of these proteins produced during viral infection appears to be critical for normal phage T4 morphogenesis. Phage T4 encoded proteins that determine virion structure include major structural components, minor structural components and non-structural proteins that catalyze specific steps in the morphogenesis sequence

Research into MAs

The study of MA structure and function is challenging, in particular because of their megadalton size, but also because of their complex compositions and varying dynamic natures. Most have had standard chemical and biochemical methods applied (methods of protein purification and centrifugation, chemical and electrochemical characterization, etc.). In addition, their methods of study include modern proteomic approaches, computational and atomic-resolution structural methods (e.g., X-ray crystallography), small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) and small-angle neutron scattering (SANS), force spectroscopy, and transmission electron microscopy and cryo-electron microscopy. Aaron Klug was recognized with the 1982 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on structural elucidation using electron microscopy, in particular for protein-nucleic acid MAs including the tobacco mosaic virus (a structure containing a 6400 base ssRNA molecule and >2000 coat protein molecules). The crystallization and structure solution for the ribosome, MW ~ 2.5 MDa, an example of part of the protein synthetic 'machinery' of living cells, was object of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas A. Steitz, and Ada E. Yonath.

Non-biologic counterparts

Finally, biology is not the sole domain of MAs. The fields of supramolecular chemistry and nanotechnology each have areas that have developed to elaborate and extend the principles first demonstrated in biologic MAs. Of particular interest in these areas has been elaborating the fundamental processes of molecular machines, and extending known machine designs to new types and processes.

See also

References

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