A double-stranded DNA rotaxane.
Mechanically interlocked molecules such as rotaxanes and catenanes have potential as components of molecular machinery. Rotaxanes consist of a dumb-bell-shaped molecule encircled by a macrocycle that can move unhindered along the axle, trapped by bulky stoppers. Previously, rotaxanes have been made from a variety of molecules, but not from DNA. Here, we report the design, assembly and characterization of rotaxanes in which both the dumb-bell-shaped molecule and the macrocycle are made of double-stranded DNA, and in which the axle of the dumb-bell is threaded through the macrocycle by base pairing. The assembly involves the formation of pseudorotaxanes, in which the macrocycle and the axle are locked together by hybridization. Ligation of stopper modules to the axle leads to the characteristic dumb-bell topology. When an oligonucleotide is added to release the macrocycle from the axle, the pseudorotaxanes are either converted to mechanically stable rotaxanes, or they disassemble by means of a slippage mechanism to yield a dumb-bell and a free macrocycle. Our DNA rotaxanes allow the fields of mechanically interlocked molecules and DNA nanotechnology to be combined, thus opening new possibilities for research into molecular machines and synthetic biology.
Ackermann
Damian
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LIMES Institute, Program Unit Chemical Biology & Medicinal Chemistry, c/o Kekulé Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Schmidt
Thorsten L
TL
Hannam
Jeffrey S
JS
Purohit
Chandra S
CS
Heckel
Alexander
A
Famulok
Michael
M
D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry*; D004355:Drug Stability; D004587:Electrophoresis, Agar Gel; D018625:Microscopy, Atomic Force; D008958:Models, Molecular; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry / Q000648:ultrastructure; D043862:Rotaxanes / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry
D043862:Rotaxanes; D004247:DNA
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