2020年第47卷第1期目录
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封面故事:磁共振技术无论是在医学影像还是结构生物学研究中都有很广泛的应用,是一个重要的科学分支. 近年兴起的使用金刚石中氮空位色心(NV色心)的微观磁共振研究越来越受到人们的重视,在生物医学领域有比较好的应用前景,包括高分辨率磁共振成像和生物大分子结构与功能的微纳米尺度磁共振谱学研究等,其中对生物大分子的单分子磁共振研究是一个特色领域. 要实现单分子磁共振研究,首先需要在金刚石表面制备单分子样品,但金刚石材料的惰性和疏水性等特殊性质增加了单分子操作的难度. 在以前的研究中,大家通过控制分子的随机密度来制备单分子样品,但可控性和可重复性比较差. 魏一成等尝试利用DNA折纸技术有序固定单分子,成功将DNA折纸制备到了金刚石表面,为广泛开展生物大分子的单分子磁共振研究奠定了技术基础.
(魏一成,余佩,陈明,孙梓庭,曾俨,娄继忠,陈三友,石发展,杜江峰. 用于金刚石表面单分子有序固定的DNA折纸制备,本期第53~60页)
Cover Story:In the recent years, the microscopic magnetic resonance technology using nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond as quantum sensors has been developed rapidly. The detection of magnetic resonance spectrum of a single biomolecule has been achieved, and it now steps to the study of single molecule’s structure and function. Therefore, it is necessary to solve an important technical problem: how to disperse and fix biomolecules on diamond surface orderly. DNA self-assembly provides a possible way to solve this problem. In this paper, 60 nm square double-layer DNA origami was prepared as a kind of single-molecule carrier and then combined to the diamond surface. Firstly, we used the double layer structure to enhance the DNA origami’s strength. Secondly, by adding hairpin structure to the edge of DNA origami, the agglomeration between DNA origami was reduced. Finally, the DNA origami was successfully assembled to the diamond surface. The atomic force microscope images showed that the structure was complete and the dispersion was uniform. This work built a foundation for the subsequent application of single-molecule magnetic resonance technology in the field of biophysics.
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