Dissipative self-assembly processes in nature rely on chemical fuels that activate proteins for assembly through the formation of a noncovalent complex.The catalytic activity of the assemblies causes fuel degradation, resulting in the formation of an assembly in a high-energy,out-of-equilibrium state.Herein,we apply this concept to asynthetic system and demonstrate that a substrate can induce the formation of vesicular assemblies,which act as cooperative catalysts for cleavage of the same substrate
