Synthetic protein switches: design principles and applications

V Stein, K Alexandrov - Trends in biotechnology, 2015 - cell.com
Protein switches are ubiquitous in biological signal transduction systems, enabling cells to
sense and respond to a variety of molecular queues in a rapid, specific, and integrated …

Harnessing DNA computing and nanopore decoding for practical applications: from informatics to microRNA-targeting diagnostics

S Takiguchi, N Takeuchi, V Shenshin… - Chemical Society …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
DNA computing represents a subfield of molecular computing with the potential to become a
significant area of next-generation computation due to the high programmability inherent in …

Dynamic protein assembly by programmable DNA strand displacement

RP Chen, D Blackstock, Q Sun, W Chen - Nature Chemistry, 2018 - nature.com
Inspired by the remarkable ability of natural protein switches to sense and respond to a wide
range of environmental queues, here we report a strategy to engineer synthetic protein …

Proximity-induced caspase-9 activation on a DNA origami-based synthetic apoptosome

BJHM Rosier, AJ Markvoort, B Gumí Audenis… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Living cells regulate key cellular processes by spatial organization of catalytically active
proteins in higher-order signalling complexes. These act as organizing centres to facilitate …

Reversible regulation of enzyme activity by pH-responsive encapsulation in DNA nanocages

SH Kim, KR Kim, DR Ahn, JE Lee, EG Yang, SY Kim - ACS nano, 2017 - ACS Publications
Reversible regulation of enzyme activity by chemical and physical stimuli is often achieved
by incorporating stimuli-responsive domains in the enzyme of interest. However, this method …

Host–guest tethered DNA transducer: ATP fueled release of a protein inhibitor from Cucurbit [7] uril

X Zhou, X Su, P Pathak, R Vik… - Journal of the …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Host–guest complexes are emerging as powerful components in functional systems with
applications ranging from materials to biomedicine. In particular, CB7 based host–guest …

Antibody-controlled actuation of DNA-based molecular circuits

W Engelen, LHH Meijer, B Somers… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
DNA-based molecular circuits allow autonomous signal processing, but their actuation has
relied mostly on RNA/DNA-based inputs, limiting their application in synthetic biology …

Programming Super DNA‐Enzyme Molecules for On‐Demand Enzyme Activity Modulation

H Zhao, X **u, M Li, S Dai, M Gou, L Tao… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Dynamic interactions of enzymes, including programmable configuration and cycling of
enzymes, play important roles in the regulation of cellular metabolism. Here, we constructed …

Controlling protein activity by dynamic recruitment on a supramolecular polymer platform

SPW Wijnands, W Engelen, RPM Lafleur… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Nature uses dynamic molecular platforms for the recruitment of weakly associating proteins
into higher-order assemblies to achieve spatiotemporal control of signal transduction …