The chiral interfaces fabricated by d/l-alanine-pillar[5]arenes for selectively adsorbing ctDNA

Chem Commun (Camb). 2019 Jan 15;55(6):778-781. doi: 10.1039/c8cc09696a.

Abstract

In this paper, the d/l-AP5-interfaces are firstly fabricated by attaching d-alanine-pillar[5]arene and l-alanine-pillar[5]arene (d/l-AP5) onto the gold surface, and they exhibit a significantly different chiral influence on the morphology and the adsorption quantity of the adsorbed ctDNA molecules. The research provides an ideal chiral platform for investigating chiral phenomena in biological systems.

MeSH terms

  • Adsorption
  • Alanine / chemistry*
  • Animals
  • Calixarenes / chemistry*
  • Cattle
  • DNA / chemistry*
  • DNA / metabolism
  • Gold / chemistry
  • Microscopy, Atomic Force
  • Stereoisomerism

Substances

  • pillar(5)arene
  • Calixarenes
  • Gold
  • DNA
  • calf thymus DNA
  • Alanine