Issue October 2002

category image Volume 20
No. 2 (p 141-310)
October 2002
ISSN 0739-1102

Supramolecular DNA-Streptavidin Nanocircles with a Covalently Attached Oligonucleotide Moiety (p. 223-230)

Covalent hybrid conjugates consisting of streptavidin (STV) and a 24-mer single-stranded DNA oligonucleotide have been used as a starting material for the synthesis of supramolecular nanocircles. For this, the covalent hybrid conjugates were oligomerized by cross-linking with 5¢,5¢-bis-biotinylated double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) fragments of various length. Heat denaturation of the resulting oligomeric conjugates and subsequent rapid cooling led to the formation of the nanocircles, in which the oligonucleotide-containing STV molecule is coupled with both ends of the circular bis-biotinylated dsDNA fragment. The circular structure of the bioconjugates was established by electrophoretic studies including Ferguson plot analysis as well as by scanning force microscopy (SFM) inspection. The formation process and the stability against degradation by ligand exchange with free D-biotin was compared for the nanocircles obtained from covalent oligonucleotide-STV hybrids and native STV. The former nanocircles revealed a decreased stability with respect to ring opening than the circles obtained from native STV. This suggested that the affinity of the covalent oligonucleotide-STV hybrid for binding biotinylated DNA is significantly decreased. Nevertheless, the single-stranded oligonucleotide moiety of the hybrid nanocircles can be used as a molecular handle for further functionalization. For instance, it was used for the selective DNA-directed immobilization at a surface, previously functionalized with complementary capture oligonucleotides. Moreover, we demonstrate that a pair of nanocircles, containing complementary oligonucleotide moieties, can be hybridized to form specific dimers, thereby generating a novel type of supramolecular DNA-protein nanostructures.

Christof M. Niemeyer1,*
Michael Adler2
Song Gao3
Lifeng Chi3

1Universität Dortmund
Fachbereich Chemie
Biologisch-Chemische Mikrostrukturtechnik
Otto-Hahn Str. 6
D-44227 Dortmund
2Chimera Biotec GmbH
Emil-Figge Str. 76a
D-44227 Dortmund
3Physikalisches Institut der Universität Münster
Wilhelm-Klemm Str. 10, D-48149
Münster, Germany
*cmn@chemie.uni-dortmund.de

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