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ArticleNature communications2015

Capacitance-modulated transistor detects odorant binding protein chiral interactions.

Mohammad Yusuf Mulla, Elena Tuccori, Maria Magliulo, Gianluca Lattanzi, Gerardo Palazzo, Krishna Persaud, Luisa Torsi

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Article in Nature communications, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 52 papers.

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52citing papers in PubMed
15.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

52 citing papers in PubMed, 234 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mohammad Yusuf MullaDipartimento di Chimica and CSGI, Università degli Studi di Bari 'Aldo Moro', 70125 Bari, Italy.
Elena TuccoriSchool of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK.
Maria MagliuloDipartimento di Chimica and CSGI, Università degli Studi di Bari 'Aldo Moro', 70125 Bari, Italy.
Gianluca LattanziDipartimento di Fisica 'M. Merlin', INFN and TIRES, Università degli Studi di Bari 'Aldo Moro', 70125 Bari, Italy.
Gerardo PalazzoDipartimento di Chimica and CSGI, Università degli Studi di Bari 'Aldo Moro', 70125 Bari, Italy.
Krishna PersaudSchool of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK.
Luisa TorsiDipartimento di Chimica and CSGI, Università degli Studi di Bari 'Aldo Moro', 70125 Bari, Italy.
University of Manchester · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Peripheral events in olfaction involve odorant binding proteins (OBPs) whose role in the recognition of different volatile chemicals is yet unclear. Here we report on the sensitive and quantitative measurement of the weak interactions associated with neutral enantiomers differentially binding to OBPs immobilized through a self-assembled monolayer to the gate of an organic bio-electronic transistor. The transduction is remarkably sensitive as the transistor output current is governed by the small capacitance of the protein layer undergoing minute changes as the ligand-protein complex is formed. Accurate determination of the free-energy balances and of the capacitance changes associated with the binding process allows derivation of the free-energy components as well as of the occurrence of conformational events associated with OBP ligand binding. Capacitance-modulated transistors open a new pathway for the study of ultra-weak molecular interactions in surface-bound protein-ligand complexes through an approach that combines bio-chemical and electronic thermodynamic parameters.

Indexed as

Electric CapacitanceProtein BindingReceptors, OdorantStereoisomerismTransistors, Electronicodorant-binding proteinReceptors, Odorant

Identifiers

PMID25591754
PMCPMC4309438
OpenAlexW2011437619

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