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ArticleJournal of the American Chemical Society2025

Enzyme- and DNAzyme-Driven Transient Assembly of DNA-Based Phase-Separated Coacervate Microdroplets.

Yunlong Qin, Yang Sung Sohn, Rachel Nechushtai, Fan Xia, Fujian Huang, Itamar Willner

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Article in Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 authors.

Yunlong QinThe Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel.
Yang Sung SohnThe Institute of Life Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel.
Rachel NechushtaiThe Institute of Life Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel.ORCID 0000-0002-3219-954X
Fan XiaState Key Laboratory of Geomicrobiology and Environmental Changes, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China.ORCID 0000-0001-7705-4638
Fujian HuangState Key Laboratory of Geomicrobiology and Environmental Changes, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China.ORCID 0000-0002-7777-1589
Itamar WillnerThe Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel.ORCID 0000-0001-9710-9077

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An assembly of dissipative, transient, DNA-based microdroplet (MD) coacervates in the presence of auxiliary enzymes (endonucleases and nickases) or MD-embedded DNAzyme is introduced. Two pairs of different Y-shaped DNA core frameworks modified with toehold tethers are cross-linked by complementary toehold-functionalized duplexes, engineered to be cleaved by EcoRI or HindIII endonucleases, or cross-linked by palindromic strands that include pre-engineered Nt.BbvCI or Nb.BtsI nicking sites, demonstrating transient evolution/depletion of phase-separated MD coacervates. By mixing the pairs of endonuclease- or nickase-responsive MDs, programmed or gated transient formation/depletion of MD frameworks is presented. In addition, by cross-linking a pre-engineered Y-shaped core framework with a sequence-designed fuel strand, phase separation of MD coacervates with embedded Mg

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DNADNA, CatalyticEndonucleasesDNADNA, CatalyticEndonucleases

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PMID40305858
PMCPMC12082633

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