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ArticleJournal of the American Chemical Society2025

Cation-Controlled Assembly, Activity, and Organization of Biomimetic DNA Receptors in Synthetic Cell Membranes.

Elita Peters, Diana A Tanase, Lorenzo Di Michele, Roger Rubio-Sánchez

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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 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Membrane-Associated Biomolecules for Synthetic Cell Signalling.Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology · 2026
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  4. Ion- and Temperature-Programmable Reconfiguration of Subcompartments in Synthetic Cells.Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Elita PetersDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Philippa Fawcett Drive, Cambridge CB3 0AS, U.K.
Diana A TanaseDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Philippa Fawcett Drive, Cambridge CB3 0AS, U.K.ORCID 0000-0002-9660-6730
Lorenzo Di MicheleDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Philippa Fawcett Drive, Cambridge CB3 0AS, U.K.ORCID 0000-0002-1458-9747
Roger Rubio-SánchezDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Philippa Fawcett Drive, Cambridge CB3 0AS, U.K.ORCID 0000-0001-5574-5809

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biological cells use cations as signaling messengers to regulate a variety of responses. Linking cations to the functionality of synthetic membranes is thus crucial to engineering advanced biomimetic agents such as synthetic cells. Here, we introduce bioinspired DNA-based receptors that exploit noncanonical G-quadruplexes for cation-actuated structural and functional responses in synthetic lipid membranes. Membrane confinement grants cation-dependent control over receptor assembly and, when supplemented with hemin cofactors, their peroxidase DNAzyme activity. Cation-mediated control extends to receptor lateral distribution to localize DNA-based catalysis within phase-separated membrane domains of model synthetic cells, imitating the localization of multimeric membrane complexes to signaling hubs in living cells. Our modular strategy paves the way for engineering from the bottom-up cation-responsive pathways for sensing, signaling, and communication in synthetic cellular systems.

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Biomimetic MaterialsCell MembraneDNADNA, CatalyticCationsG-QuadruplexesCationsDNADNA, Catalytic

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PMID40913569
PMCPMC12447486

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