Switchable catalytic DNA catenanes

Lianzhe Hu, Chun Hua Lu, Itamar Willner*

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Abstract

Two-ring interlocked DNA catenanes are synthesized and characterized. The supramolecular catenanes show switchable cyclic catalytic properties. In one system, the catenane structure is switched between a hemin/G-quadruplex catalytic structure and a catalytically inactive state. In the second catenane structure the catenane is switched between a catalytically active Mg2+-dependent DNAzyme-containing catenane and an inactive catenane state. In the third system, the interlocked catenane structure is switched between two distinct catalytic structures that include the Mg2+- and the Zn2+-dependent DNAzymes.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2099-2103
Number of pages5
JournalNano Letters
Volume15
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 11 Mar 2015

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Keywords

  • chemiluminescence
  • DNA switch
  • DNAzyme
  • hemin/G-quadruplex
  • machine

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