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Li JG, Li MY, Li XY, Wu XY, Ying YL, Long YT. Full Width at Half Maximum of Nanopore Current Blockage Controlled by a Single-Biomolecule Interface. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2022; 38:1188-1193. [PMID: 35019652 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c02900] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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A biological nanopore is one of the predominant single-molecule approaches as a result of its controllable single-biomolecule interface, which could reflect the "intrinsic" information on an individual molecule in a label-free way. Because the current blockage is normally treated as the most important parameter for nanopore identification of every single molecule, the fluctuation of current blockage for certain types of molecules, defined as full width at half maximum (fwhm) of current blockage, actually owns a dominant influence on nanopore resolution. Therefore, controlling the fwhm of current blockage of molecules is critical for the sensing capability of the nanopore. Here, taking an aerolysin nanopore as a model, by precisely controlling the functional group in this single-biomolecule interface, we could narrow the fwhm of nanopore current blockage for DNA identification and prolong the duration inside the nanopore. Moreover, a substantial correlation between fwhm of current blockage and duration is established, showing a non-monotonic variation. Besides, the mechanism is also clarified with studying the detailed current blockage events. This proposed correlation is further demonstrated to be applied uniformly across different mutant aerolysins for a certain DNA. This study proposes a new strategy for regulating molecular sensing from the duration of the analyte, which could guide the resolution of heterogeneity analysis using nanopores.
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- Jun-Ge Li
- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, People's Republic of China
- Chemistry and Biomedicine Innovation Center, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, People's Republic of China
- Chemistry and Biomedicine Innovation Center, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, People's Republic of China
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Hagan JT, Sheetz BS, Bandara YMNDY, Karawdeniya BI, Morris MA, Chevalier RB, Dwyer JR. Chemically tailoring nanopores for single-molecule sensing and glycomics. Anal Bioanal Chem 2020; 412:6639-6654. [PMID: 32488384 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-020-02717-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2020] [Revised: 05/03/2020] [Accepted: 05/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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A nanopore can be fairly-but uncharitably-described as simply a nanofluidic channel through a thin membrane. Even this simple structural description holds utility and underpins a range of applications. Yet significant excitement for nanopore science is more readily ignited by the role of nanopores as enabling tools for biomedical science. Nanopore techniques offer single-molecule sensing without the need for chemical labelling, since in most nanopore implementations, matter is its own label through its size, charge, and chemical functionality. Nanopores have achieved considerable prominence for single-molecule DNA sequencing. The predominance of this application, though, can overshadow their established use for nanoparticle characterization and burgeoning use for protein analysis, among other application areas. Analyte scope continues to be expanded, and with increasing analyte complexity, success will increasingly hinge on control over nanopore surface chemistry to tune the nanopore, itself, and to moderate analyte transport. Carbohydrates are emerging as the latest high-profile target of nanopore science. Their tremendous chemical and structural complexity means that they challenge conventional chemical analysis methods and thus present a compelling target for unique nanopore characterization capabilities. Furthermore, they offer molecular diversity for probing nanopore operation and sensing mechanisms. This article thus focuses on two roles of chemistry in nanopore science: its use to provide exquisite control over nanopore performance, and how analyte properties can place stringent demands on nanopore chemistry. Expanding the horizons of nanopore science requires increasing consideration of the role of chemistry and increasing sophistication in the realm of chemical control over this nanoscale milieu.
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- James T Hagan
- Department of Chemistry, University of Rhode Island, 140 Flagg Rd., Kingston, RI, 02881, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Rhode Island, 140 Flagg Rd., Kingston, RI, 02881, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Rhode Island, 140 Flagg Rd., Kingston, RI, 02881, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Rhode Island, 140 Flagg Rd., Kingston, RI, 02881, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Rhode Island, 140 Flagg Rd., Kingston, RI, 02881, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Rhode Island, 140 Flagg Rd., Kingston, RI, 02881, USA.
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Karawdeniya BI, Bandara YMNDY, Nichols JW, Chevalier RB, Hagan JT, Dwyer JR. Challenging Nanopores with Analyte Scope and Environment. JOURNAL OF ANALYSIS AND TESTING 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s41664-019-00092-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Sun L, Li X, Lin X, Yan F, Chen K, Xiao S. Familial fatal insomnia with atypical clinical features in a patient with D178N mutation and homozygosity for Met at codon 129 of the prion protein gene. Prion 2016; 9:228-35. [PMID: 26074146 DOI: 10.1080/19336896.2015.1054601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Familial fatal insomnia (FFI) is fatal disorder characterized by damage to select thalamic nuclei, together with progressive insomnia and dysautonomia. In subjects carrying the D178N prion protein (PRNP) mutation, distinct phenotypes can be observed, depending on the methionine (Met) /valine (Val) codon 129 polymorphism. We report here a Chinese case of FFI with a D178N/Met129 genotype of the PRNP gene, who exhibited rapidly progressive dementia combined with behavioral disturbances and paroxysmal limb myoclonus. Our patient did not show refractory insomnia early in the disease course, nor demonstrate typical MRI and EEG alterations. There was remarkable family history of similar symptoms.
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- Lin Sun
- a Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Center; Department of Geriatric Psychiatry ; Shanghai Mental Health Center; Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine ; Shanghai , P.R. China
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Nir I, Huttner D, Meller A. Direct Sensing and Discrimination among Ubiquitin and Ubiquitin Chains Using Solid-State Nanopores. Biophys J 2016; 108:2340-9. [PMID: 25954891 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2015.03.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2015] [Revised: 03/04/2015] [Accepted: 03/17/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Nanopore sensing involves an electrophoretic transport of analytes through a nanoscale pore, permitting label-free sensing at the single-molecule level. However, to date, the detection of individual small proteins has been challenging, primarily due to the poor signal/noise ratio that these molecules produce during passage through the pore. Here, we show that fine adjustment of the buffer pH, close to the isoelectric point, can be used to slow down the translocation speed of the analytes, hence permitting sensing and characterization of small globular proteins. Ubiquitin (Ub) is a small protein of 8.5 kDa, which is well conserved in all eukaryotes. Ub conjugates to proteins as a posttranslational modification called ubiquitination. The immense diversity of Ub substrates, as well as the complexity of Ub modification types and the numerous physiological consequences of these modifications, make Ub and Ub chains an interesting and challenging subject of study. The ability to detect Ub and to identify Ub linkage type at the single-molecule level may provide a novel tool for investigation in the Ub field. This is especially adequate because, for most ubiquitinated substrates, Ub modifies only a few molecules in the cell at a given time. Applying our method to the detection of mono- and poly-Ub molecules, we show that we can analyze their characteristics using nanopores. Of particular importance is that two Ub dimers that are equal in molecular weight but differ in 3D structure due to their different linkage types can be readily discriminated. Thus, to our knowledge, our method offers a novel approach for analyzing proteins in unprecedented detail using solid-state nanopores. Specifically, it provides the basis for development of single-molecule sensing of differently ubiquitinated substrates with different biological significance. Finally, our study serves as a proof of concept for approaching nanopore detection of sub-10-kDa proteins and demonstrates the ability of this method to differentiate among native and untethered proteins of the same mass.
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- Iftach Nir
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
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Cressiot B, Braselmann E, Oukhaled A, Elcock AH, Pelta J, Clark PL. Dynamics and Energy Contributions for Transport of Unfolded Pertactin through a Protein Nanopore. ACS NANO 2015; 9:9050-61. [PMID: 26302243 PMCID: PMC4835817 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b03053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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To evaluate the physical parameters governing translocation of an unfolded protein across a lipid bilayer, we studied protein transport through aerolysin, a passive protein channel, at the single-molecule level. The protein model used was the passenger domain of pertactin, an autotransporter virulence protein. Transport of pertactin through the aerolysin nanopore was detected as transient partial current blockades as the unfolded protein partially occluded the aerolysin channel. We compared the dynamics of entry and transport for unfolded pertactin and a covalent end-to-end dimer of the same protein. For both the monomer and the dimer, the event frequency of current blockades increased exponentially with the applied voltage, while the duration of each event decreased exponentially as a function of the electrical potential. The blockade time was twice as long for the dimer as for the monomer. The calculated activation free energy includes a main enthalpic component that we attribute to electrostatic interactions between pertactin and the aerolysin nanopore (despite the low Debye length), plus an entropic component due to confinement of the unfolded chain within the narrow pore. Comparing our experimental results to previous studies and theory suggests that unfolded proteins cross the membrane by passing through the nanopore in a somewhat compact conformation according to the "blob" model of Daoud and de Gennes.
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- Benjamin Cressiot
- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242
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- LAMBE UMR 8587 CNRS, University of Évry-Val-d'Essonne, Évry, France
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA
- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA
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Tahvildari R, Beamish E, Tabard-Cossa V, Godin M. Integrating nanopore sensors within microfluidic channel arrays using controlled breakdown. LAB ON A CHIP 2015; 15:1407-11. [PMID: 25631885 DOI: 10.1039/c4lc01366b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Nanopore arrays are fabricated by controlled dielectric breakdown (CBD) in solid-state membranes integrated within polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) microfluidic devices. This technique enables the scalable production of independently addressable nanopores. By confining the electric field within the microfluidic architecture, nanopore fabrication is precisely localized and electrical noise is significantly reduced. Both DNA and protein molecules are detected to validate the performance of this sensing platform.
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- Radin Tahvildari
- Department of Physics, University of Ottawa, 150 Louis Pasteur, K1N 6N5, Canada
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Larkin J, Henley RY, Muthukumar M, Rosenstein JK, Wanunu M. High-bandwidth protein analysis using solid-state nanopores. Biophys J 2014; 106:696-704. [PMID: 24507610 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2013.12.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 168] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2013] [Revised: 12/11/2013] [Accepted: 12/16/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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High-bandwidth measurements of the ion current through hafnium oxide and silicon nitride nanopores allow the analysis of sub-30 kD protein molecules with unprecedented time resolution and detection efficiency. Measured capture rates suggest that at moderate transmembrane bias values, a substantial fraction of protein translocation events are detected. Our dwell-time resolution of 2.5 μs enables translocation time distributions to be fit to a first-passage time distribution derived from a 1D diffusion-drift model. The fits yield drift velocities that scale linearly with voltage, consistent with an electrophoretic process. Further, protein diffusion constants (D) are lower than the bulk diffusion constants (D0) by a factor of ~50, and are voltage-independent in the regime tested. We reason that deviations of D from D0 are a result of confinement-driven pore/protein interactions, previously observed in porous systems. A straightforward Kramers model for this inhibited diffusion points to 9- to 12-kJ/mol interactions of the proteins with the nanopore. Reduction of μ and D are found to be material-dependent. Comparison of current-blockage levels of each protein yields volumetric information for the two proteins that is in good agreement with dynamic light scattering measurements. Finally, detection of a protein-protein complex is achieved.
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- Joseph Larkin
- Departments of Physics and Chemistry/Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Departments of Physics and Chemistry/Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts
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- Departments of Physics and Chemistry/Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts.
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Krasniqi B, Lee JS. RNase A does not translocate the alpha-hemolysin pore. PLoS One 2014; 9:e88004. [PMID: 24505349 PMCID: PMC3913706 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0088004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2013] [Accepted: 01/02/2014] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The application of nanopore sensing utilizing the α-hemolysin pore to probe proteins at single-molecule resolution has expanded rapidly. In some studies protein translocation through the α-hemolysin has been reported. However, there is no direct evidence, as yet, that proteins can translocate the α-hemolysin pore. The biggest challenge to obtaining direct evidence is the lack of a highly sensitive assay to detect very low numbers of protein molecules. Furthermore, if an activity based assay is applied then the proteins translocating by unfolding should refold back to an active confirmation for the assay technique to work. To overcome these challenges we selected a model enzyme, ribonuclease A, that readily refolds to an active conformation even after unfolding it with denaturants. In addition we have developed a highly sensitive reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction based activity assay for ribonuclease A. Initially, ribonuclease A, a protein with a positive net charge and dimensions larger than the smallest diameter of the pore, was subjected to nanopore analysis under different experimental conditions. Surprisingly, although the protein was added to the cis chamber (grounded) and a positive potential was applied, the interaction of ribonuclease A with α-hemolysin pore induced small and large blockade events in the presence and the absence of a reducing and/or denaturing agent. Upon measuring the zeta potential, it was found that the protein undergoes a charge reversal under the experimental conditions used for nanopore sensing. From the investigation of the effect of voltage on the interaction of ribonuclease A with the α-hemolysin pore, it was impossible to conclude if the events observed were translocations. However, upon testing for ribonuclease A activity on the trans chamber it was found that ribonuclease A does not translocate the α-hemolysin pore.
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- Besnik Krasniqi
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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Sobrova P, Blazkova I, Chomoucka J, Drbohlavova J, Vaculovicova M, Kopel P, Hubalek J, Kizek R, Adam V. Quantum dots and prion proteins: is this a new challenge for neurodegenerative diseases imaging? Prion 2013; 7:349-58. [PMID: 24055838 PMCID: PMC4134339 DOI: 10.4161/pri.26524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2013] [Revised: 08/19/2013] [Accepted: 09/17/2013] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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A diagnostics of infectious diseases can be done by the immunologic methods or by the amplification of nucleic acid specific to contagious agent using polymerase chain reaction. However, in transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, the infectious agent, prion protein (PrP(Sc)), has the same sequence of nucleic acids as a naturally occurring protein. The other issue with the diagnosing based on the PrP(Sc) detection is that the pathological form of prion protein is abundant only at late stages of the disease in a brain. Therefore, the diagnostics of prion protein caused diseases represent a sort of challenges as that hosts can incubate infectious prion proteins for many months or even years. Therefore, new in vivo assays for detection of prion proteins and for diagnosis of their relation to neurodegenerative diseases are summarized. Their applicability and future prospects in this field are discussed with particular aim at using quantum dots as fluorescent labels.
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- Pavlina Sobrova
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; Faculty of Agronomy; Mendel University in Brno; Brno, Czech Republic EU
- Central European Institute of Technology; Brno University of Technology; Brno, Czech Republic EU
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; Faculty of Agronomy; Mendel University in Brno; Brno, Czech Republic EU
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- Central European Institute of Technology; Brno University of Technology; Brno, Czech Republic EU
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- Central European Institute of Technology; Brno University of Technology; Brno, Czech Republic EU
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; Faculty of Agronomy; Mendel University in Brno; Brno, Czech Republic EU
- Central European Institute of Technology; Brno University of Technology; Brno, Czech Republic EU
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; Faculty of Agronomy; Mendel University in Brno; Brno, Czech Republic EU
- Central European Institute of Technology; Brno University of Technology; Brno, Czech Republic EU
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- Central European Institute of Technology; Brno University of Technology; Brno, Czech Republic EU
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; Faculty of Agronomy; Mendel University in Brno; Brno, Czech Republic EU
- Central European Institute of Technology; Brno University of Technology; Brno, Czech Republic EU
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; Faculty of Agronomy; Mendel University in Brno; Brno, Czech Republic EU
- Central European Institute of Technology; Brno University of Technology; Brno, Czech Republic EU
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Stefl S, Nishi H, Petukh M, Panchenko AR, Alexov E. Molecular mechanisms of disease-causing missense mutations. J Mol Biol 2013; 425:3919-36. [PMID: 23871686 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2013.07.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 187] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2013] [Revised: 07/04/2013] [Accepted: 07/10/2013] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Genetic variations resulting in a change of amino acid sequence can have a dramatic effect on stability, hydrogen bond network, conformational dynamics, activity and many other physiologically important properties of proteins. The substitutions of only one residue in a protein sequence, so-called missense mutations, can be related to many pathological conditions and may influence susceptibility to disease and drug treatment. The plausible effects of missense mutations range from affecting the macromolecular stability to perturbing macromolecular interactions and cellular localization. Here we review the individual cases and genome-wide studies that illustrate the association between missense mutations and diseases. In addition, we emphasize that the molecular mechanisms of effects of mutations should be revealed in order to understand the disease origin. Finally, we report the current state-of-the-art methodologies that predict the effects of mutations on protein stability, the hydrogen bond network, pH dependence, conformational dynamics and protein function.
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- Shannon Stefl
- Computational Biophysics and Bioinformatics, Department of Physics, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA
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Li W, Bell NAW, Hernández-Ainsa S, Thacker VV, Thackray AM, Bujdoso R, Keyser UF. Single protein molecule detection by glass nanopores. ACS NANO 2013; 7:4129-34. [PMID: 23607870 DOI: 10.1021/nn4004567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 178] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Nanopores can be used to detect and analyze single molecules in solution. We have used glass nanopores made by laser-assisted capillary-pulling, as a high-throughput and low cost method, to detect a range of label-free proteins: lysozyme, avidin, IgG, β-lactoglobulin, ovalbumin, bovine serum albumin (BSA), and β-galactosidase in solution. Furthermore, we show for the first time solid state nanopore measurements of mammalian prion protein, which in its abnormal form is associated with transmissible spongiform encephalopathies. Our approach provides a basis for protein characterization and the study of protein conformational diseases by nanopore detection.
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- Wenhong Li
- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom
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