title: Mimicking membrane-related biological events by DNA origami nanotechnology.
abstract: One of the potential applications of DNA nanotechnology is the construction of two- or three-dimensional nanostructures that mimic the function of existing biological molecules. In this issue of ACS Nano, Kocabey et al. demonstrate that lipid-bilayer-anchored DNA origami structures can be assembled into prescribed superstructures in a programmed manner. The reported DNA-based artificial system can mimic the dynamic assembly of membrane-associated protein clusters that play an essential role in deformation of cellular membranes.
authors.affiliation: †Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa-oiwakecho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan.|§CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Sanbancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0075, Japan.
authors.forename: Yuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.affiliation: ‡Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (WPI-iCeMS), Kyoto University, Yoshida-ushinomiyacho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.|§CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Sanbancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0075, Japan.
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Endo
authors.affiliation: †Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa-oiwakecho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan.|‡Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (WPI-iCeMS), Kyoto University, Yoshida-ushinomiyacho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.|§CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Sanbancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0075, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sugiyama
mesh_terms: D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000737:chemistry*; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry*; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry*; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D004247:DNA