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ACS NANO
卷 15, 期 10, 页码 16788-16793出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c06963
关键词
DNA crystals; self-assembly; crystal packing; sticky ends; nanomaterials
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资金
- Office of Naval Research [N000141912596]
- Department of Energy [DE-SC0007991]
- National Science Foundation [2106790]
- Human Frontiers Science Program [RPG0010/2017]
- MRSEC Program of the National Science Foundation [DMR-1420073]
- Societe de Chimie Industrielle Undergraduate Fellowship
- Division of Computing and Communication Foundations
- Direct For Computer & Info Scie & Enginr [2106790] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) [N000141912596] Funding Source: U.S. Department of Defense (DOD)
It has been discovered that using noncanonical sticky ends in tensegrity triangle crystal structures can alter the self-assembly process, resulting in a left-handed superstructure and microtubule-like structure formation.
The tensegrity triangle motif utilizes Watson-Crick sticky end cohesion to self-assemble into a rhombohedral crystal lattice using complementary 5'-GA and 5'-TC sticky ends. Here, we report that using noncanonical 5'-AG and 5'-TC sticky ends in otherwise isomorphic tensegrity triangles results in crystal self-assembly in the P6(3) hexagonal space group as revealed by X-ray crystallography. In this structure, the DNA double helices bend at the crossover positions, a feature that was not observed in the original design. Instead of propagating linearly, the tilt between base pairs of each right-handed helix results in a left-handed superstructure along the screw axis, forming a microtubule-like structure composed of three double helices with an unbroken channel at the center. This hexagonal lattice has a cavity diameter of 11 nm and a unit cell volume of 886 000 A(3)-far larger than the rhombohedral counterpart 5 nm, 330 000 A(3)).
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