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Area of Science:

  • Bioinorganic Chemistry
  • Nanotechnology
  • Structural Biology

Background:

  • Metal-mediated DNA (mmDNA) offers a route to integrate bioinorganic and electronic functionalities into DNA constructs.
  • Programmable metal chelation between pyrimidine base pairs is governed by various chemical and biophysical forces.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a crystallographic method for capturing metal binding modes in DNA across varying pH.
  • To elucidate the structural basis of metal-DNA interactions at the atomic level.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized a three-dimensional (3D) DNA tensegrity triangle motif for crystallization.
  • Employed anomalous scattering techniques to capture single- and multi-metal binding events.
  • Determined 28 biomolecular structures to analyze metal-mediated DNA reactions under different pH conditions.

Main Results:

  • Observed increasing occupancy of silver(I) in T-T and U-U pairs at elevated pH.
  • Successfully captured both silver(I) and mercury(II) within the same base pair, isolating titration points for homo- and heterometal binding.
  • Determined the structure of C-C pairs with silver(I) and mercury(II), and T-T pairs with cadmium(II) and mercury(II) at high pH.

Conclusions:

  • Demonstrated a precise method for capturing heterobimetallic DNA chemistry at the sub-nanometer scale.
  • The developed crystallographic approach enables atomistic design for advanced mmDNA-based nanodevices.
  • This work paves the way for sophisticated nanotechnologies leveraging controlled metal-DNA interactions.