Expandable DNA-origami rings as a nanomechanical platform for studying disordered nucleoporins
Eason Cao, Christopher Maffeo, Lukas Beckert, Larisa E. Kapinos, Ryan J. Malonis, Daniel Son, Kun Zhou, Zhuxi Wang, Qingzhou Feng, Sunandini Chandra, Qi Shen, Yong Xiong, C. Patrick Lusk, Roderick Y. H. Lim, Aleksei Aksimentiev, Chenxiang Lin
This study uses DNA-origami rings to investigate FG-Nup interactions and their impact on NPC function, revealing how sequence and post-translational modifications affect protein behavior.
bioRxiv · Sep 24, 2026 · PreprintBiophysics