Nature Communications (Jun 2021)

Proton gradients from light-harvesting E. coli control DNA assemblies for synthetic cells

  • Kevin Jahnke,
  • Noah Ritzmann,
  • Julius Fichtler,
  • Anna Nitschke,
  • Yannik Dreher,
  • Tobias Abele,
  • Götz Hofhaus,
  • Ilia Platzman,
  • Rasmus R. Schröder,
  • Daniel J. Müller,
  • Joachim P. Spatz,
  • Kerstin Göpfrich

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24103-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Controlled actuation is an important aspect of synthetic cellular systems. Here, the authors combine pH responsive DNA origami structures with light triggered proton pump engineered E. coli to trigger a change in pH and control the deformation of giant unilamellar vesicles by simple illumination.