DNA nanocages

AR Chandrasekaran, O Levchenko - Chemistry of Materials, 2016 - ACS Publications
DNA has been used in the construction of a variety of nanoscale structures. Of these,
designed cage-like structures of sizes ranging from∼ 10 to∼ 100 nm and molecular weights …

Enzymatic activity of individual bioelectrocatalytic viral nanoparticles: dependence of catalysis on the viral scaffold and its length

TO Paiva, A Schneider, L Bataille, A Chovin, A Anne… - Nanoscale, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The enzymatic activity of tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) nanorod particles decorated with an
integrated electro-catalytic system, comprising the quinoprotein glucose-dehydrogenase …

Bioinspired Self‐Assembling Materials for Modulating Enzyme Functions

P Du, S Xu, ZK Xu, ZG Wang - Advanced Functional Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Enzymes tend to malfunction when they work out of their natural cellular environments.
Engineering a favorable microenvironment around enzymes has emerged as an effective …

Reversible regulation of enzyme activity by pH-responsive encapsulation in DNA nanocages

SH Kim, KR Kim, DR Ahn, JE Lee, EG Yang, SY Kim - ACS nano, 2017 - ACS Publications
Reversible regulation of enzyme activity by chemical and physical stimuli is often achieved
by incorporating stimuli-responsive domains in the enzyme of interest. However, this method …

An efficient nano-biocatalyst for lignocellulosic biomass hydrolysis: Xylanase immobilization on organically modified biogenic mesoporous silica nanoparticles

S Ariaeenejad, F Jokar, P Hadian, L Ma'mani… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
A biogenic mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs)-based nanocarrier has been used for
improving the stability and recyclability of PersiXyn2 as a recombinant xylanase enzyme …

Controlled dendrimersome nanoreactor system for localized hypochlorite-induced killing of bacteria

M Potter, A Najer, A Klöckner, S Zhang, MN Holme… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Antibiotic resistance is a serious global health problem necessitating new bactericidal
approaches such as nanomedicines. Dendrimersomes (DSs) have recently become a …

Programming Super DNA‐Enzyme Molecules for On‐Demand Enzyme Activity Modulation

H Zhao, X Xiu, M Li, S Dai, M Gou, L Tao… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Dynamic interactions of enzymes, including programmable configuration and cycling of
enzymes, play important roles in the regulation of cellular metabolism. Here, we constructed …

Biomimetic DNA nanotubes: nanoscale channel design and applications

X Liu, Y Zhao, P Liu, L Wang, J Lin… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Biomacromolecular nanotubes play important physiological roles in transmembrane
ion/molecule channeling, intracellular transport, and inter‐cellular communications. While …

Protein labeling and crosslinking by covalent aptamers

Y Tivon, G Falcone, A Deiters - Angewandte Chemie, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We developed a new approach to selectively modify native proteins in their biological
environment using electrophilic covalent aptamers. These aptamers are generated through …

Synthetic Protocell as Efficient Bioreactor: Enzymatic Superactivity and Ultrasensitive Glucose Sensing in Urine

B Saini, TK Mukherjee - ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2022 - ACS Publications
It is believed that membraneless cellular condensates play a critical role in accelerating
various slow and thermodynamically unfavorable biochemical processes. However, the …