Nature Communications (Feb 2017)

Tailored protein encapsulation into a DNA host using geometrically organized supramolecular interactions

  • Andreas Sprengel,
  • Pascal Lill,
  • Pierre Stegemann,
  • Kenny Bravo-Rodriguez,
  • Elisa-C. Schöneweiß,
  • Melisa Merdanovic,
  • Daniel Gudnason,
  • Mikayel Aznauryan,
  • Lisa Gamrad,
  • Stephan Barcikowski,
  • Elsa Sanchez-Garcia,
  • Victoria Birkedal,
  • Christos Gatsogiannis,
  • Michael Ehrmann,
  • Barbara Saccà

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14472
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Current strategies for protein encapsulation in DNA vessels for controlled enzymatic catalysis or therapeutic delivery rely on formation of covalent complexes. Here, the authors design a system that mimics natural reversible non-covalent host–guest interactions between a DNA host and the protein DegP.