Programmable Assembly of DNA-protein Hybrid Structures

DNA is the genetic information carrier for most known living organisms on Earth, while proteins are the functional component that carry out most biological processes. Many natural machineries are DNA-protein hybrid complexes to cooperatively and efficiently conduct sophisticated biological tasks. It has drawn increasing interest to the research field to construct artificial DNA-protein hybrid structures towards a variety of applications including biological studies, nanofabrication, biomedical research, etc. In this regard, here in this report we reviewed the up-to-date progress on making DNA-protein hybrid structures, with a particular focus on DNA nanotechnology-enabled programmable assembly of DNA-protein hybrid structures.