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  • Synthetic Biology

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  • Enzyme dynamics, including programmable configuration and cycling, are crucial for regulating cellular metabolism.
  • Controlling and detecting metabolic processes requires sophisticated molecular tools.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To construct a super DNA-enzyme molecule (SDEM) for programmable control and detection of cellular metabolism.
  • To enhance enzyme performance and enable dynamic switching between different metabolic detection modes.

Main Methods:

  • Construction of a super DNA-enzyme molecule (SDEM) integrating at least two cascade enzymes with linked DNA strands.
  • Utilizing hairpin structures and displacement DNA strands for SDEM assembly, disassembly, and cycling.
  • Employing entropically driven catalytic assembly (catassembly) for rapid switching between different SDEM configurations.

Main Results:

  • The programmable SDEM, comprising glucose oxidase (GOx) and horseradish peroxidase (HRP), demonstrated a 20-fold lower detection limit and a 1.6-fold higher reaction rate compared to free enzymes.
  • SDEMs exhibited efficient assembly and disassembly, enabling multiple cycles of enzyme activity.
  • Catassembly facilitated rapid switching between SDEMs for GOx/HRP and sarcosine oxidase (SOX)/HRP cascades, achieving detection of glucose and sarcosine on demand.

Conclusions:

  • Super DNA-enzyme molecules offer a programmable platform for enhanced metabolic control and detection.
  • The dynamic assembly and disassembly capabilities of SDEMs allow for versatile and on-demand analysis of cellular metabolism.
  • Entropically driven catalytic assembly significantly accelerates the switching of SDEMs for multiplexed metabolic sensing.