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ArticleJournal of the American Chemical Society2024

Functionalizing DNA Origami by Triplex-Directed Site-Specific Photo-Cross-Linking.

Shantam Kalra, Amber Donnelly, Nishtha Singh, Daniel Matthews, Rafael Del Villar-Guerra, Victoria Bemmer, Cyril Dominguez, Natalie Allcock, Dmitry Cherny, Andrey Revyakin and 1 more

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Article in Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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11 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Light-responsive DNA nanostructures.Nature reviews. Chemistry · 2026
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  7. Dynamic Control of DNA Origami Self-Assembly by Transcriptional Modules.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Shantam KalraDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, and Leicester Institute of Chemical Biology, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, U.K.
Amber DonnellyDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, and Leicester Institute of Chemical Biology, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, U.K.
Nishtha SinghDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, and Leicester Institute of Chemical Biology, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, U.K.
Daniel MatthewsDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, and Leicester Institute of Chemical Biology, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, U.K.
Rafael Del Villar-GuerraDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, and Leicester Institute of Chemical Biology, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, U.K.ORCID 0000-0003-2538-9967
Victoria BemmerCentre for Enzyme Innovation, School of Biological Sciences, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO1 2DY, U.K.
Cyril DominguezDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, and Leicester Institute of Chemical Biology, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, U.K.
Natalie AllcockCore Biotechnology Services Electron Microscopy Facility, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, U.K.
Dmitry ChernyDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, and Leicester Institute of Chemical Biology, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, U.K.
Andrey RevyakinDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, and Leicester Institute of Chemical Biology, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, U.K.
David A RuslingSchool of Medicine, Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth PO1 2DT, U.K.ORCID 0000-0002-7442-686X

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Here, we present a cross-linking approach to covalently functionalize and stabilize DNA origami structures in a one-pot reaction. Our strategy involves adding nucleotide sequences to adjacent staple strands, so that, upon assembly of the origami structure, the extensions form short hairpin duplexes targetable by psoralen-labeled triplex-forming oligonucleotides bearing other functional groups (pso-TFOs). Subsequent irradiation with UVA light generates psoralen adducts with one or both hairpin staples leading to site-specific attachment of the pso-TFO (and attached group) to the origami with ca. 80% efficiency. Bis-adduct formation between strands in proximal hairpins further tethers the TFO to the structure and generates "superstaples" that improve the structural integrity of the functionalized complex. We show that directing cross-linking to regions outside of the origami core dramatically reduces sensitivity of the structures to thermal denaturation and disassembly by T7 RNA polymerase. We also show that the underlying duplex regions of the origami core are digested by DNase I and thus remain accessible to read-out by DNA-binding proteins. Our strategy is scalable and cost-effective, as it works with existing DNA origami structures, does not require scaffold redesign, and can be achieved with just one psoralen-modified oligonucleotide.

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Cross-Linking ReagentsDNANucleic Acid ConformationUltraviolet RaysFicusinPhotochemical ProcessesCross-Linking ReagentsDNAFicusin

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PMID38695163
PMCPMC11100008

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