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ArticleNature communications2018

Dynamics of individual molecular shuttles under mechanical force.

Teresa Naranjo, Kateryna M Lemishko, Sara de Lorenzo, Álvaro Somoza, Felix Ritort, Emilio M Pérez, Borja Ibarra

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Article in Nature communications, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Forces in mechanically interlocked materials.Chemical Society reviews · 2026
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  4. Rocking (and Shuttling) in a Nanosized Metallobox.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2025
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  9. Self-Assembly of Stimuli-Responsive [2]Rotaxanes by Amidinium Exchange.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Teresa NaranjoIMDEA Nanociencia, C/Faraday 9, Ciudad Universitaria de Cantoblanco, 28049, Madrid, Spain.
Kateryna M LemishkoNanobiotecnología (IMDEA-Nanociencia) Unidad Asociada al Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CSIC), 28049, Madrid, Spain.
Sara de LorenzoIMDEA Nanociencia, C/Faraday 9, Ciudad Universitaria de Cantoblanco, 28049, Madrid, Spain.
Álvaro SomozaIMDEA Nanociencia, C/Faraday 9, Ciudad Universitaria de Cantoblanco, 28049, Madrid, Spain.
Felix RitortCondensed Matter Physics Department, C/Marti i Franques s/n, University of Barcelona, 08028, Barcelona, Spain.
Emilio M PérezIMDEA Nanociencia, C/Faraday 9, Ciudad Universitaria de Cantoblanco, 28049, Madrid, Spain. emilio.perez@imdea.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8739-2777
Borja IbarraIMDEA Nanociencia, C/Faraday 9, Ciudad Universitaria de Cantoblanco, 28049, Madrid, Spain. borja.ibarra@imdea.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6597-797X

Funding

EC | European Research Council (ERC) 307609
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Molecular shuttles are the basis of some of the most advanced synthetic molecular machines. In these devices a macrocycle threaded onto a linear component shuttles between different portions of the thread in response to external stimuli. Here, we use optical tweezers to measure the mechanics and dynamics of individual molecular shuttles in aqueous conditions. Using DNA as a handle and as a single molecule reporter, we measure thousands of individual shuttling events and determine the force-dependent kinetic rates of the macrocycle motion and the main parameters governing the energy landscape of the system. Our findings could open avenues for the real-time characterization of synthetic devices at the single molecule level, and provide crucial information for designing molecular machinery able to operate under physiological conditions.

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DNAKineticsMacrocyclic CompoundsMechanicsMolecular Motor ProteinsOptical TweezersDNAMacrocyclic CompoundsMolecular Motor Proteins

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PMID30375395
PMCPMC6207653

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