Nature Communications (Sep 2018)

Antagonistic chemical coupling in self-reconfigurable host–guest protocells

  • Nicolas Martin,
  • Jean-Paul Douliez,
  • Yan Qiao,
  • Richard Booth,
  • Mei Li,
  • Stephen Mann

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06087-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Multi-compartmentalised soft micro-systems are used as models of synthetic protocells. Here, the authors developed nested host–guest protocell constructs capable of self-reconfiguration in response to changes in pH generated by antagonistic modes of enzyme-mediated coupling.