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Modulating Lipid Membrane Morphology by Dynamic DNA Origami Networks.

Juanjuan YangKevin JahnkeLing XinXinxin JingPengfei ZhanAndreas PeilAlessandra GriffoMarko ŠkugorDonglei YangSisi FanKerstin GöpfrichHao YanPengfei WangNa Liu
Published in: Nano letters (2023)
Membrane morphology and its dynamic adaptation regulate many cellular functions, which are often mediated by membrane proteins. Advances in DNA nanotechnology have enabled the realization of various protein-inspired structures and functions with precise control at the nanometer level, suggesting a viable tool to artificially engineer membrane morphology. In this work, we demonstrate a DNA origami cross (DOC) structure that can be anchored onto giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) and subsequently polymerized into micrometer-scale reconfigurable one-dimensional (1D) chains or two-dimensional (2D) lattices. Such DNA origami-based networks can be switched between left-handed (LH) and right-handed (RH) conformations by DNA fuels and exhibit potent efficacy in remodeling the membrane curvatures of GUVs. This work sheds light on designing hierarchically assembled dynamic DNA systems for the programmable modulation of synthetic cells for useful applications.
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