DNA逻辑门
DNA logic gates.
作者信息
Okamoto Akimitsu, Tanaka Kazuo, Saito Isao
机构信息
Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan.
出版信息
J Am Chem Soc. 2004 Aug 4;126(30):9458-63. doi: 10.1021/ja047628k.
A conceptually new logic gate based on DNA has been devised. Methoxybenzodeazaadenine ((MD)A), an artificial nucleobase which we recently developed for efficient hole transport through DNA, formed stable base pairs with T and C. However, a reasonable hole-transport efficiency was observed in the reaction for the duplex containing an (MD)A/T base pair, whereas the hole transport was strongly suppressed in the reaction using a duplex where the base opposite (MD)A was replaced by C. The influence of complementary pyrimidines on the efficiency of hole transport through (MD)A was quite contrary to the selectivity observed for hole transport through G. The orthogonality of the modulation of these hole-transport properties by complementary pyrimidine bases is promising for the design of a new molecular logic gate. The logic gate system was executed by hole transport through short DNA duplexes, which consisted of the "logic gate strand", containing hole-transporting nucleobases, and the "input strand", containing pyrimidines which modulate the hole-transport efficiency of logic bases. A logic gate strand containing multiple (MD)A bases in series provided the basis for a sharp AND logic action. On the other hand, for OR logic and combinational logic, conversion of Boolean expressions to standard sum-of-product (SOP) expressions was indispensable. Three logic gate strands were designed for OR logic according to each product term in the standard SOP expression of OR logic. The hole-transport efficiency observed for the mixed sample of logic gate strands exhibited an OR logic behavior. This approach is generally applicable to the design of other complicated combinational logic circuits such as the full-adder.
一种基于DNA的概念全新的逻辑门已经被设计出来。甲氧基苯并脱氮腺嘌呤((MD)A),一种我们最近开发的用于通过DNA进行高效空穴传输的人工核碱基,能与T和C形成稳定的碱基对。然而,在含有(MD)A/T碱基对的双链体反应中观察到了合理的空穴传输效率,而在使用(MD)A相对的碱基被C取代的双链体的反应中,空穴传输受到了强烈抑制。互补嘧啶对通过(MD)A的空穴传输效率的影响与通过G的空穴传输所观察到的选择性完全相反。通过互补嘧啶碱基对这些空穴传输特性进行调制的正交性,对于设计新型分子逻辑门很有前景。该逻辑门系统通过短DNA双链体的空穴传输来实现,短DNA双链体由包含空穴传输核碱基的“逻辑门链”和包含调节逻辑碱基空穴传输效率的嘧啶的“输入链”组成。一个串联包含多个(MD)A碱基的逻辑门链为清晰的“与”逻辑作用提供了基础。另一方面,对于“或”逻辑和组合逻辑,将布尔表达式转换为标准积之和(SOP)表达式是必不可少的。根据“或”逻辑的标准SOP表达式中的每个乘积项,设计了三条用于“或”逻辑的逻辑门链。在逻辑门链的混合样品中观察到的空穴传输效率呈现出“或”逻辑行为。这种方法通常适用于设计其他复杂的组合逻辑电路,如全加器。