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ArticleNature communications2026

A metal-DNA biohybrid as enantioselective artificial photoDNAzyme.

Zachary Pastorel, Juliette Zanzi, Mathieu Noël, Alessio Bartocci, Stellios Arseniyadis, Elise Dumont, Yves Canac, Olivier Baslé, Michael Smietana

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Article in Nature communications, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Zachary Pastorel *Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, ENSCM, Montpellier, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0006-4975-6185
Juliette Zanzi *LCC-CNRS, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, Toulouse, France.
Mathieu NoëlInstitut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, ENSCM, Montpellier, France.
Alessio BartocciDepartment of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
Stellios ArseniyadisDepartment of Chemistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6831-2631
Elise DumontInstitut de Chimie de Nice UMR 7272, Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Nice, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2359-111X
Yves CanacLCC-CNRS, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, Toulouse, France. yves.canac@lcc-toulouse.fr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3747-554X
Olivier BasléLCC-CNRS, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, Toulouse, France. olivier.basle@lcc-toulouse.fr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4551-473X
Michael SmietanaInstitut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, ENSCM, Montpellier, France. michael.smietana@umontpellier.fr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8132-7221

Funding

Agence Nationale de la Recherche (French National Research Agency) ANR-20-CE07-0021
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Visible light photocatalysis, which exploits the reactivity of molecules at their excited state, has triggered a paradigm shift in organic synthesis by enabling some very unique chemical transformations. Yet, achieving precise control of the enantioselectivity in such processes remains a major challenge. A promising strategy involves linking a synthetic transition metal photocatalyst within the chiral architecture of a biomolecule to create a highly selective artificial metallo-photoenzyme. However, such an artificial metalloenzyme that integrates the merits of biocatalysis and photocatalysis to promote abiological reactions with high enantioselectivity is still unknown. Here, we report an artificial metallo-photoDNAzyme resulting from the covalent anchoring of a visible light-absorbing iridium-based photocatalyst within a double-stranded (ds)DNA helix, exhibiting efficient triplet-triplet energy transfer and high levels of enantioselectivity in [2 + 2] intramolecular cycloadditions.

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DNADNA, CatalyticIridiumMetalsCatalysisLightStereoisomerismDNADNA, CatalyticIridiumMetals

Identifiers

PMID42129180
PMCPMC13409001

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