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Liu B, Pappas CG, Ottelé J, Schaeffer G, Jurissek C, Pieters PF, Altay M, Marić I, Stuart MCA, Otto S. Spontaneous Emergence of Self-Replicating Molecules Containing Nucleobases and Amino Acids. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:4184-4192. [PMID: 32023041 PMCID: PMC7059183 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b10796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
Abstract
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The conditions that led to the formation
of the first organisms
and the ways that life originates from a lifeless chemical soup are
poorly understood. The recent hypothesis of “RNA-peptide coevolution”
suggests that the current close relationship between amino acids and
nucleobases may well have extended to the origin of life. We now show
how the interplay between these compound classes can give rise to
new self-replicating molecules using a dynamic combinatorial approach.
We report two strategies for the fabrication of chimeric amino acid/nucleobase
self-replicating macrocycles capable of exponential growth. The first
one relies on mixing nucleobase- and peptide-based building blocks,
where the ligation of these two gives rise to highly specific chimeric
ring structures. The second one starts from peptide nucleic acid (PNA)
building blocks in which nucleobases are already linked to amino acids
from the start. While previously reported nucleic acid-based self-replicating
systems rely on presynthesis of (short) oligonucleotide sequences,
self-replication in the present systems start from units containing
only a single nucleobase. Self-replication is accompanied by self-assembly,
spontaneously giving rise to an ordered one-dimensional arrangement
of nucleobase nanostructures.
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Affiliation(s)
- Bin Liu
- Centre for Systems Chemistry, Stratingh Institute, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Centre for Systems Chemistry, Stratingh Institute, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Centre for Systems Chemistry, Stratingh Institute, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Centre for Systems Chemistry, Stratingh Institute, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Centre for Systems Chemistry, Stratingh Institute, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Centre for Systems Chemistry, Stratingh Institute, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Centre for Systems Chemistry, Stratingh Institute, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Centre for Systems Chemistry, Stratingh Institute, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Centre for Systems Chemistry, Stratingh Institute, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Centre for Systems Chemistry, Stratingh Institute, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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Affiliation(s)
- Michael Kathan
- Department of Chemistry & IRIS Adlershof Humboldt‐Universität zu Berlin & IRIS Adlershof Brook‐Taylor Str. 2, 12489 Berlin Germany
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- Department of Chemistry & IRIS Adlershof Humboldt‐Universität zu Berlin & IRIS Adlershof Brook‐Taylor Str. 2, 12489 Berlin Germany
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- Department of Low‐Dimensional Systems J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry of the ASCR v. v. i., Dolejškova 2155/3, 18223 Praha 8 Czech Republic
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- Department of Chemistry & IRIS Adlershof Humboldt‐Universität zu Berlin & IRIS Adlershof Brook‐Taylor Str. 2, 12489 Berlin Germany
- DWI–Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials Forckenbeckstrasse 50, 52056 Aachen Germany
- Institute of Technicial and Macromolecular Chemistry RWTH Aachen University Worringerweg 2, 52074 Aachen Germany
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Jurissek C, Berger F, Eisenreich F, Kathan M, Hecht S. External Reversal of Chirality Transfer in Photoswitches. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:1945-1949. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201812284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2018] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Christoph Jurissek
- Department of Chemistry & IRIS Adlershof; Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; Brook-Taylor-Straße 2 12489 Berlin Germany
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- Department of Chemistry & IRIS Adlershof; Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; Brook-Taylor-Straße 2 12489 Berlin Germany
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- Department of Chemistry & IRIS Adlershof; Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; Brook-Taylor-Straße 2 12489 Berlin Germany
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- Department of Chemistry & IRIS Adlershof; Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; Brook-Taylor-Straße 2 12489 Berlin Germany
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- Department of Chemistry & IRIS Adlershof; Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; Brook-Taylor-Straße 2 12489 Berlin Germany
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Affiliation(s)
- Christoph Jurissek
- Institut für Chemie & IRIS Adlershof; Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; Brook-Taylor-Straße 2 12489 Berlin Deutschland
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- Institut für Chemie & IRIS Adlershof; Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; Brook-Taylor-Straße 2 12489 Berlin Deutschland
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- Institut für Chemie & IRIS Adlershof; Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; Brook-Taylor-Straße 2 12489 Berlin Deutschland
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- Institut für Chemie & IRIS Adlershof; Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; Brook-Taylor-Straße 2 12489 Berlin Deutschland
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- Institut für Chemie & IRIS Adlershof; Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; Brook-Taylor-Straße 2 12489 Berlin Deutschland
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Kathan M, Kovaříček P, Jurissek C, Senf A, Dallmann A, Thünemann AF, Hecht S. Innenrücktitelbild: Kontrolle der Kinetik von Iminaustauschreaktionen mit Photoschaltern zur lichtgesteuerten Modulation der Selbstheilung in Polysiloxannetzwerken (Angew. Chem. 44/2016). Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201608028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Michael Kathan
- Department of Chemistry & IRIS Adlershof; Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; Brook-Taylor Straße 2 12489 Berlin Deutschland
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- Department of Chemistry & IRIS Adlershof; Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; Brook-Taylor Straße 2 12489 Berlin Deutschland
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- Department of Chemistry & IRIS Adlershof; Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; Brook-Taylor Straße 2 12489 Berlin Deutschland
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- Department of Chemistry & IRIS Adlershof; Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; Brook-Taylor Straße 2 12489 Berlin Deutschland
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- Department of Chemistry & IRIS Adlershof; Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; Brook-Taylor Straße 2 12489 Berlin Deutschland
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- Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung; Unter den Eichen 87 12205 Berlin Deutschland
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- Department of Chemistry & IRIS Adlershof; Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; Brook-Taylor Straße 2 12489 Berlin Deutschland
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Kathan M, Kovaříček P, Jurissek C, Senf A, Dallmann A, Thünemann AF, Hecht S. Inside Back Cover: Control of Imine Exchange Kinetics with Photoswitches to Modulate Self-Healing in Polysiloxane Networks by Light Illumination (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 44/2016). Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201608028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Michael Kathan
- Department of Chemistry & IRIS Adlershof; Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; Brook-Taylor Strasse 2 12489 Berlin Germany
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- Department of Chemistry & IRIS Adlershof; Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; Brook-Taylor Strasse 2 12489 Berlin Germany
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- Department of Chemistry & IRIS Adlershof; Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; Brook-Taylor Strasse 2 12489 Berlin Germany
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- Department of Chemistry & IRIS Adlershof; Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; Brook-Taylor Strasse 2 12489 Berlin Germany
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- Department of Chemistry & IRIS Adlershof; Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; Brook-Taylor Strasse 2 12489 Berlin Germany
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- Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing; Unter den Eichen 87 12205 Berlin Germany
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- Department of Chemistry & IRIS Adlershof; Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; Brook-Taylor Strasse 2 12489 Berlin Germany
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Kathan M, Kovaříček P, Jurissek C, Senf A, Dallmann A, Thünemann AF, Hecht S. Control of Imine Exchange Kinetics with Photoswitches to Modulate Self-Healing in Polysiloxane Networks by Light Illumination. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016; 55:13882-13886. [PMID: 27391109 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201605311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
Various aldehyde-containing photoswitches have been developed whose reactivity toward amines can be controlled externally. A thermally stable bifunctional diarylethene, which in its ring-closed form exhibits imine formation accelerated by one order of magnitude, was used as a photoswitchable crosslinker and mixed with a commercially available amino-functionalized polysiloxane to yield a rubbery material with viscoelastic and self-healing properties that can be reversibly tuned by irradiation.
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- Michael Kathan
- Department of Chemistry & IRIS Adlershof, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Brook-Taylor Strasse 2, 12489, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry & IRIS Adlershof, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Brook-Taylor Strasse 2, 12489, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry & IRIS Adlershof, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Brook-Taylor Strasse 2, 12489, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry & IRIS Adlershof, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Brook-Taylor Strasse 2, 12489, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry & IRIS Adlershof, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Brook-Taylor Strasse 2, 12489, Berlin, Germany
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- Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, Unter den Eichen 87, 12205, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry & IRIS Adlershof, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Brook-Taylor Strasse 2, 12489, Berlin, Germany.
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Kathan M, Kovaříček P, Jurissek C, Senf A, Dallmann A, Thünemann AF, Hecht S. Kontrolle der Kinetik von Iminaustauschreaktionen mit Photoschaltern zur lichtgesteuerten Modulation der Selbstheilung in Polysiloxannetzwerken. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201605311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Michael Kathan
- Department of Chemistry & IRIS Adlershof; Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; Brook-Taylor Straße 2 12489 Berlin Deutschland
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- Department of Chemistry & IRIS Adlershof; Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; Brook-Taylor Straße 2 12489 Berlin Deutschland
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- Department of Chemistry & IRIS Adlershof; Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; Brook-Taylor Straße 2 12489 Berlin Deutschland
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- Department of Chemistry & IRIS Adlershof; Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; Brook-Taylor Straße 2 12489 Berlin Deutschland
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- Department of Chemistry & IRIS Adlershof; Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; Brook-Taylor Straße 2 12489 Berlin Deutschland
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- Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung; Unter den Eichen 87 12205 Berlin Deutschland
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- Department of Chemistry & IRIS Adlershof; Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; Brook-Taylor Straße 2 12489 Berlin Deutschland
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