Suzuki Yuki, Sugiyama Hiroshi, Endo Masayuki
Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Tohoku University, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan.
Department of Chemistry for Materials, Graduate School of Engineering, Mie University, Tsu, Mie, Japan.
Methods Mol Biol. 2023;2639:83-90. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3028-0_5.
Molecular self-assembly has attracted much attention as a method to create novel supramolecular architectures. The scaffolded DNA origami method has enabled the construction of almost arbitrarily shaped DNA nanostructures, which can be further used as components of higher-order architectures. Here, we describe a method to construct and visualize two-dimensional (2D) lattices self-assembled from DNA origami tiles on lipid bilayer membranes. The weak adsorption of DNA origami tiles onto the mica-supported lipid bilayer allows their lateral diffusion along the surface, facilitating interactions among the tiles to assemble and form large 2D lattices. Depending on the design (i.e., shape, size, and interactions with each other) of DNA origami tiles, a variety of 2D lattices made of DNA are constructed.
作为一种构建新型超分子结构的方法,分子自组装已备受关注。支架式DNA折纸方法能够构建几乎任意形状的DNA纳米结构,这些结构可进一步用作高阶结构的组件。在此,我们描述了一种构建并可视化由DNA折纸片在脂质双分子层膜上自组装形成的二维(2D)晶格的方法。DNA折纸片在云母支撑的脂质双分子层上的弱吸附使其能够沿表面横向扩散,促进了折纸片之间的相互作用以组装并形成大型2D晶格。根据DNA折纸片的设计(即形状、大小以及彼此间的相互作用),可以构建出各种由DNA组成的2D晶格。