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An Autonomous DNA Nanomotor Powered by a DNA Enzyme
Author(s) -
Chen Yi,
Wang Mingsheng,
Mao Chengde
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200453779
Subject(s) - dna , rna , enzyme , power (physics) , chemistry , biology , biochemistry , gene , physics , quantum mechanics
The power of life : An autonomous DNA nanomotor powered by an RNA‐cleaving DNA enzyme (see figure) has been constructed that works in the same way as cellular protein motors: it continuously extracts chemical energy from fuel molecules to power mechanical motions. The fuel for the DNA nanomotor is the RNA substrate of the DNA enzyme.