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The development of robust DNA-protein coupling techniques is mandatory for applications of DNA nanostructures in biomedical diagnostics, fundamental biochemistry, and other fields in biomolecular nanosciences. The use of self-labeling fusion proteins, which are orthogonal to biotin-streptavidin and antibody-antigen interactions, is described for the site-selective protein decoration of two exemplary DNA nanostructures: a four-way junction X-tile motif and a 3D DNA tetrahedron. Multifunctional DNA superstructures bearing up to four different proteins are generated and characterized by electrophoresis and microplate-based functionality assays. Steric and electrostatic interactions are identified as critical parameters controlling the efficiency of DNA-protein ligation. The results indicate that this method is versatile and broadly applicable, not only for the functionalization of DNA architectures but also for the site-specific decoration of other molecular materials and devices containing several different proteins. 相似文献
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Pengfei Wang Cheng Tian Xiang Li Chengde Mao 《Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)》2014,10(19):3923-3926
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Jie Zeng Wenhao Fu Zhenping Qi Qiushuang Zhu Huawei He Chengzhi Huang Hua Zuo Chengde Mao 《Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)》2019,15(26)
DNA is a superb molecule for self‐assembly of nanostructures. Often many DNA strands are required for the assembly of one DNA nanostructure. For lowering the cost of synthesizing DNA strands and facilitating the assembly process, it is highly desirable to use a minimal number of unique strands for potential technological applications. Herein, a strategy is reported to assemble a series of DNA microparticles (DNAµPs) from one component DNA strand. As a demonstration of the application of the resulting DNAµPs, the design and assembled DNAµPs are modified to carry additional single‐stranded tails on their surfaces. The modified DNAµPs can either capture other nucleic acids or display CpG motifs to stimulate immune responses. 相似文献
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Li S Huang X Li H Cai H Gan CL Boey F Zhang H 《Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)》2010,6(23):2708-2715
A systematic study on the synthesis of a series of self-assembled suprastructures, such as cubes, stars, belts, and microspheres, of Ag nanoparticles (AgNPs) in borosilicate glassware heavily cleaned with aqua regia is presented. These self-assembled structures are mostly formed from the crystallographically iso-oriented AgNPs, and exhibit well-defined shapes. In regular washed glassware, only Ag nanowires are synthesized. The formation mechanisms of these self-assembled Ag structures, based on monitoring of their structural evolution in glassware decorated with different molecules, are proposed. This work not only demonstrates that the surface energy of glassware can affect chemical synthesis, but also provides an interesting approach to the shape-controlled synthesis of novel self-assembled suprastructures of AgNPs, which could be potentially used as synthesis templates, drug vessels, and microreactors. 相似文献
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Di Wu Bang Lin Li Qianwen Zhao Qian Liu Dong Wang Binfeng He Zhenghua Wei David Tai Leong Guansong Wang Hang Qian 《Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)》2020,16(19)
DNA nanostructures as scaffolds for drug delivery, biosensing, and bioimaging are hindered by its vulnerability in physiological settings, less favorable of incorporating arbitrary guest molecules and other desirable functionalities. Noncanonical self‐assembly of DNA nanostructures with small molecules in an alternative system is an attractive strategy to expand their applications in multidisciplinary fields and is rarely explored. This work reports a nitrogen‐enriched carbon dots (NCDs)‐mediated DNA nanostructure self‐assembly strategy. Given the excellent photoluminescence and photodynamic properties of NCDs, the obtained DNA/NCDs nanocomplex holds great potential for bioimaging and anticancer therapy. NCDs can mediate DNA nanoprism (NPNCD) self‐assembly isothermally at a large temperature and pH range in a magnesium‐free manner. To explore the suitability of NPNCD in potential biomedical applications, the cytotoxicity and cellular uptake efficiency of NPNCD are evaluated. NPNCD with KRAS siRNA (NPNCDK) is further conjugated for KRAS‐mutated nonsmall cell lung cancer therapy. The NPNCDK shows excellent gene knockdown efficiency and anticancer effect in vitro. The current study suggests that conjugating NCDs with programmable DNA nanostructures is a powerful strategy to endow DNA nanostructures with new functionalities, and NPNCD may be a potential theranostic platform with further fine‐tuned properties of CDs such as near‐red fluorescence or photothermal activities. 相似文献
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Rebecca Meyer Alex Faesen Katrin Vogel Sadasivam Jeganathan Andrea Musacchio Christof M. Niemeyer 《Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)》2015,11(22):2669-2674
Large supramolecular protein complexes, such as the molecular machinery involved in gene regulation, cell signaling, or cell division, are key in all fundamental processes of life. Detailed elucidation of structure and dynamics of such complexes can be achieved by reverse‐engineering parts of the complexes in order to probe their interactions with distinctive binding partners in vitro. The exploitation of DNA nanostructures to mimic partially assembled supramolecular protein complexes in which the presence and state of two or more proteins are decisive for binding of additional building blocks is reported here. To this end, four‐way DNA Holliday junction motifs bearing a fluorescein and a biotin tag, for tracking and affinity capture, respectively, are site‐specifically functionalized with centromeric protein (CENP) C and CENP‐T. The latter serves as baits for binding of the so‐called KMN component, thereby mimicking early stages of the assembly of kinetochores, structures that mediate and control the attachment of microtubules to chromosomes in the spindle apparatus. Results from pull‐down experiments are consistent with the hypothesis that CENP‐C and CENP‐T may bind cooperatively to the KMN network. 相似文献
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Muñoz-Rojas D Oró-Solé J Ayyad O Gómez-Romero P 《Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)》2008,4(9):1301-1306
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Zikich D Liu K Sagiv L Porath D Kotlyar A 《Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)》2011,7(8):1029-1034
The synthesis and characterization of novel DNA structures based on tetraplex cytosine (C) arrangements, known as i-motifs or i-tetraplexes, is reported. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) investigation shows that long C-strands in mild acidic conditions form compact spherically shaped nanostructures. The DNA nanospheres are characterized by a typical uniform shape and narrow height distribution. Electrostatic force microscopy (EFM) measurements performed on the i-motif spheres clearly show their electrical polarizability. Further investigations by scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) at ultrahigh vacuum reveals that the structures exhibit an average voltage gap of 1.9 eV, which is narrower than the voltage gap previously measured for poly(dG)-poly(dC) molecules in similar conditions. 相似文献
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Dragoslav Zikich Ke Liu Lior Sagiv Danny Porath Alexander Kotlyar 《Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)》2011,7(8):1028-1028
The synthesis and characterization of novel DNA structures based on tetraplex cytosine (C) arrangements, known as i‐motifs or i‐tetraplexes, is reported. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) investigation shows that long C‐strands in mild acidic conditions form compact spherically shaped nanostructures. The DNA nanospheres are characterized by a typical uniform shape and narrow height distribution. Electrostatic force microscopy (EFM) measurements performed on the i‐motif spheres clearly show their electrical polarizability. Further investigations by scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) at ultrahigh vacuum reveals that the structures exhibit an average voltage gap of 1.9 eV, which is narrower than the voltage gap previously measured for poly(dG)–poly(dC) molecules in similar conditions. 相似文献
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Laurent Lermusiaux Sbastien Bidault 《Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)》2015,11(42):5696-5704
DNA has been extensively used as a versatile template to assemble inorganic nanoparticles into complex architectures; thanks to its programmability, stability, and long persistence length. But the geometry of self‐assembled nanostructures depends on a complex combination of attractive and repulsive forces that can override the shape of a molecular scaffold. In this report, an approach to increase the morphological stability of DNA‐templated gold nanoparticle (AuNP) groupings against electrostatic interactions is demonstrated by introducing hydrophobicity on the particle surface. Using single nanostructure spectroscopy, the nanometer‐scale distortions of 40 nm diameter AuNP dimers are compared with different hydrophilic, amphiphilic, neutral, and negatively charged surface chemistries, when modifying the local ionic strength. It is observed that, with most ligands, a majority of studied nanostructures deform freely from a stretched geometry to touching particles when increasing the salt concentration while hydrophobicity strongly limits the dimer distortions. Furthermore, an amphiphilic surface chemistry provides DNA‐linked AuNP dimers with a high long‐term stability against internal aggregation. 相似文献
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Xiang Lan Zhong Chen Bi‐Ju Liu Bin Ren Joel Henzie Qiangbin Wang 《Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)》2013,9(13):2308-2315
A quantitative understanding of the localized surface plasmon resonances (LSPRs) of metallic nanostructures has received tremendous interest. However, most of the current studies are concentrated on theoretical calculation due to the difficulty in experimentally obtaining monodisperse discrete metallic nanostructures with high purity. In this work, endeavors to assemble symmetric and asymmetric gold nanoparticle (AuNP) dimer structures with exceptional purity are reported using a DNA self‐assembly strategy through a one‐step gel electrophoresis, which greatly facilitates the preparation process and improves the final purity. In the obtained Au nanodimers, the sizes of AuNPs (13, 20, and 40 nm) and the interparticle distances (5, 10, and 15 nm) are tunable. The size‐ and distance‐dependent plasmon coupling of ensembles of single, isolated dimers in solution are subsequently investigated. The experimental measurements are correlated with the modeled plasmon optical properties of Au nanodimers, showing an expected resonance shift with changing particle sizes and interparticle distances. This new strategy of constructing monodisperse metallic nanodimers will be helpful for building more complicated nanostructures, and our theoretical and experimental understanding of the intrinsic dependence of plasmon property of metallic nanodimer on the sizes and interparticle distances will benefit the future investigation and exploitation of near‐field plasmonic properties. 相似文献