Concatemeric DNA Superstructures

No affinity loss

DNA superstructures composed of tandem repeating aptamers achieve strong cooperative ligand binding while retaining the binding affinity of the parent aptamer.

Yin, Qingxin · Zhao, Dan · Chang, Yangyang · Liu, Bo · Liu, Yi · Liu, Meng

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition 2023

Advantages

exhibit highly cooperative binding to both small molecules and proteins

without loss of binding affinities of their parent aptamers