Quantitative Measurement of Spatial Effects of DNA Origami on Molecular Binding Reactions Detected using Atomic Force Microscopy

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (24) ◽  
pp. 21973-21981 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ping Zhang ◽  
Fei Wang ◽  
Wenjing Liu ◽  
Xiuhai Mao ◽  
Changchun Hao ◽  
...  
Nanoscale ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 4213-4220
Author(s):  
Tatsuhiro Maekawa ◽  
Takashi Nyu ◽  
Evan Angelo Quimada Mondarte ◽  
Hiroyuki Tahara ◽  
Kasinan Suthiwanich ◽  
...  

We report a new approach to visualize the local distribution of molecular recognition sites with nanoscale resolution by amplitude-modulation atomic force microscopy.


2020 ◽  
Vol 132 (34) ◽  
pp. 14442-14447 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charlotte Kielar ◽  
Siqi Zhu ◽  
Guido Grundmeier ◽  
Adrian Keller

Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (16) ◽  
pp. 4798
Author(s):  
Yang Xin ◽  
Amir Ardalan Zargariantabrizi ◽  
Guido Grundmeier ◽  
Adrian Keller

DNA origami nanostructures (DONs) are promising substrates for the single-molecule investigation of biomolecular reactions and dynamics by in situ atomic force microscopy (AFM). For this, they are typically immobilized on mica substrates by adding millimolar concentrations of Mg2+ ions to the sample solution, which enable the adsorption of the negatively charged DONs at the like-charged mica surface. These non-physiological Mg2+ concentrations, however, present a serious limitation in such experiments as they may interfere with the reactions and processes under investigation. Therefore, we here evaluate three approaches to efficiently immobilize DONs at mica surfaces under essentially Mg2+-free conditions. These approaches rely on the pre-adsorption of different multivalent cations, i.e., Ni2+, poly-l-lysine (PLL), and spermidine (Spdn). DON adsorption is studied in phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) and pure water. In general, Ni2+ shows the worst performance with heavily deformed DONs. For 2D DON triangles, adsorption at PLL- and in particular Spdn-modified mica may outperform even Mg2+-mediated adsorption in terms of surface coverage, depending on the employed solution. For 3D six-helix bundles, less pronounced differences between the individual strategies are observed. Our results provide some general guidance for the immobilization of DONs at mica surfaces under Mg2+-free conditions and may aid future in situ AFM studies.


2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Akinori Kuzuya ◽  
Yusuke Sakai ◽  
Takahiro Yamazaki ◽  
Yan Xu ◽  
Makoto Komiyama

Nanoscale ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 2481 ◽  
Author(s):  
Na Wu ◽  
Xingfei Zhou ◽  
Daniel M. Czajkowsky ◽  
Ming Ye ◽  
Dongdong Zeng ◽  
...  

Nanoscale ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 4707-4711 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lin Li ◽  
Ping Zhang ◽  
Jiang Li ◽  
Ying Wang ◽  
Yuhui Wei ◽  
...  

Characterization of the stiffness of thin DNA strands remains difficult.


2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 641-645 ◽  
Author(s):  
Longhai Li ◽  
Xiaojun Tian ◽  
Zaili Dong ◽  
Lianqing Liu ◽  
Osamu Tabata ◽  
...  

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