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Lawnmower:一种自主的、基于蛋白质的人工分子马达

The Lawnmower: an autonomous, protein-based artificial molecular motor

Chapin S. Korosec, Ivan Unksov, Pradheebha Surendiran, Roman Lyttleton, Paul M. G. Curmi, Christopher N. Angstmann, Ralf Eichhorn, Heiner Linke, Nancy R. Forde

AI总结:

本文合成并表征了由球形枢纽和蛋白酶构成的蛋白质人工分子马达Lawnmower,其通过切割肽底物实现“烧桥”式定向运动,速度可达80 nm/s并能沿微加工轨道运动。

摘要:

受生物学启发,人工分子马达的制造已取得巨大进展。然而,利用蛋白质——大自然选择的构建单元——来设计自主马达的梦想迄今仍难以实现。在此,我们报道了Lawnmower的合成与表征,这是一种自主的、基于蛋白质的人工分子马达,由一个装饰有蛋白酶的球形枢纽组成。其“烧桥”运动由对肽草坪的切割所引导,推动其向未访问的底物运动。我们发现Lawnmower表现出定向运动,平均速度高达80 nm/s,可与生物马达相媲美。此外,通过在微加工轨道上对肽草坪进行选择性图案化,我们证明Lawnmower能够进行轨道引导运动。我们的工作为人工蛋白质马达的纳米技术应用开辟了道路。

英文摘要:

Inspired by biology, great progress has been made in creating artificial molecular motors. However, the dream of harnessing proteins - the building blocks selected by Nature - to design autonomous motors has so far remained elusive. Here we report the synthesis and characterization of the Lawnmower, an autonomous, protein-based artificial molecular motor comprised of a spherical hub decorated with proteases. Its "burnt-bridge" motion is directed by cleavage of a peptide lawn, promoting motion towards unvisited substrate. We find that Lawnmowers exhibit directional motion with average speeds of up to 80 nm/s, comparable to biological motors. By selectively patterning the peptide lawn on microfabricated tracks, we furthermore show that the Lawnmower is capable of track-guided motion. Our work opens an avenue towards nanotechnology applications of artificial protein motors.

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