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Title: Hairygami: Analysis of DNA Nanostructures' Conformational Change Driven by Functionalizable Overhangs
(Submitted on 17 Feb 2023 (v1), last revised 29 Sep 2023 (this version, v2))
Abstract: DNA origami is a widely used method to construct nanostructures by self-assembling designed DNA strands. These structures are often used as "breadboards" for templated assembly of proteins, gold nanoparticles, aptamers, and other molecules, with applications ranging from therapeutics and diagnostics to plasmonics and photonics. Imaging these structures using AFM or TEM is not capable to capture their full conformation ensemble as they only show their structure flattened on a surface. However, certain conformations of the nanostructure can position guest molecules into distances unaccounted for in their intended design, thus leading to spurious interactions between guest molecules that are designed to be separated. Here, we use molecular dynamics simulations to capture conformational ensemble of 2D DNA origami tiles and show that introducing single-stranded overhangs, which are typically used for functionalization of the origami with guest molecules, induces a curvature of the tile structure in the bulk. We show that the shape deformation is of entropic origin, with implications for design of robust DNA origami breadboards as well as potential approach to modulate structure shape by introducing overhangs. We then verify experimentally that the overhangs introduce curvature into the DNA origami tiles.
Submission history
From: Petr Sulc [view email][v1] Fri, 17 Feb 2023 19:36:06 GMT (16724kb,D)
[v2] Fri, 29 Sep 2023 02:33:11 GMT (26197kb,D)
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