Rolling circle transcription-amplified hierarchically structured organic-inorganic hybrid RNA flowers for enzyme immobilization
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Journal Article
Abstract
Programmable nucleic acids have emerged as powerful building blocks for the bottom-up fabrication of two- or three-dimensional nano- and microsized constructs. Here we describe the construction of organic–inorganic hybrid RNA flowers (hRNFs) via rolling circle transcription (RCT), an enzyme-catalyzed nucleic acid amplification reaction. These hRNFs are highly adaptive structures with controlled sizes, specific nucleic acid sequences, and a highly porous nature. We demonstrated that hRNFs are applicable as potential biological platforms, where the hRNF scaffold can be engineered for versatile surface functionalization and the inorganic component (magnesium ions) can serve as an enzyme cofactor. For surface functionalization, we proposed robust and straightforward approaches including in situ synthesis of functional hRNFs and postfunctionalization of hRNFs that enable facile conjugation with various biomolecules and nanomaterials (i.e., proteins, enzymes, organic dyes, inorganic nanoparticles) using selective chemistries (i.e., avidin–biotin interaction, copper-free click reaction). In particular, we showed that hRNFs can serve as soft scaffolds for β-galactosidase immobilization and greatly enhance enzymatic activity and stability. Therefore, the proposed concepts and methodologies are not only fundamentally interesting when designing RNA scaffolds or RNA bionanomaterials assembled with enzymes but also have significant implications on their future utilization in biomedical applications ranging from enzyme cascades to biosensing and drug delivery.
Date Issued
2019-07-03
Date Acceptance
2019-06-03
Citation
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2019, 11 (26), pp.22932-22940
ISSN
1944-8244
Publisher
American Chemical Society
Start Page
22932
End Page
22940
Journal / Book Title
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
Volume
11
Issue
26
Copyright Statement
© 2019 American Chemical Society. This is an open access article published under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY, https://pubs.acs.org/page/policy/authorchoice_ccby_termsofuse.html) License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the author and source are cited.
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Sponsor
British Heart Foundation
Commission of the European Communities
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Identifier
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsami.9b04663
Grant Number
RE/13/4/30184
ERC-2013-CoG-616417
EP/K020641/1
Subjects
Science & Technology
Technology
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Science & Technology - Other Topics
Materials Science
rolling circle transcription
RNA flowers
organic-inorganic hybrid structures
enzyme immobilization
enzymatic study
allosteric effect
BETA-GALACTOSIDASE
EFFICIENT DELIVERY
ESCHERICHIA-COLI
DNA
BINDING
AMPLIFICATION
MICROSPONGES
NANOFLOWERS
COMPLEXES
IONS
RNA flowers
allosteric effect
enzymatic study
enzyme immobilization
organic−inorganic hybrid structures
rolling circle transcription
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
0904 Chemical Engineering
0303 Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry
0306 Physical Chemistry (incl. Structural)
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2019-06-19