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. 2022 Jan 22;9(7):2103485. doi: 10.1002/advs.202103485

Figure 1.

Figure 1

A mixture of guanosine (G), 2‐formylphenylboronic acid (2‐FPBA), and putrescine is reacted to form G‐quartets stabilized with K+. G‐quartets self‐assemble through ππ stacking to a G‐quadruplex structure forming a supramolecular, biomimetic G4‐hydrogel. The G4‐hydrogel is loaded with hemin and glucose oxidase (GOx). In the first cascade reaction, GOx catalyzes the transformation of glucose and O2 into H2O2, while the combination of the G‐quadruplex and hemin acts as an artificial peroxidase to produce hydroxyl radicals (•OH) from H2O2 in the second reaction of the cascade.