Natural protein assemblies have encouraged scientists to create large supramolecular systems consisting of various protein motifs. In the case of hemoproteins containing heme as a cofactor, several approaches have been reported to form artificial assemblies with various structures such as fibers, sheets, networks, and cages. This chapter describes the design, preparation, and characterization of cage-like micellar assemblies for chemically modified hemoproteins including hydrophilic protein units attached to hydrophobic molecules. Detailed procedures are described for constructing specific systems using cytochrome b and hexameric tyrosine-coordinated heme protein as hemoprotein units with heme-azobenzene conjugate and poly-N-isopropylacrylamide as attached molecules.
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