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ArticleNature communications2019

Single-molecule sensing of peptides and nucleic acids by engineered aerolysin nanopores.

Chan Cao, Nuria Cirauqui, Maria Jose Marcaida, Elena Buglakova, Alice Duperrex, Aleksandra Radenovic, Matteo Dal Peraro

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Article in Nature communications, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 55 papers.

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55 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Chan CaoInstitute of Bioengineering, School of Life Sciences, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland. chan.cao@epfl.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2592-0690
Nuria CirauquiInstitute of Bioengineering, School of Life Sciences, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0663-5309
Maria Jose MarcaidaInstitute of Bioengineering, School of Life Sciences, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Elena BuglakovaInstitute of Bioengineering, School of Life Sciences, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Alice DuperrexInstitute of Bioengineering, School of Life Sciences, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Aleksandra RadenovicInstitute of Bioengineering, School of Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8194-2785
Matteo Dal PeraroInstitute of Bioengineering, School of Life Sciences, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland. matteo.dalperaro@epfl.ch.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nanopore sensing is a powerful single-molecule approach for the detection of biomolecules. Recent studies have demonstrated that aerolysin is a promising candidate to improve the accuracy of DNA sequencing and to develop novel single-molecule proteomic strategies. However, the structure-function relationship between the aerolysin nanopore and its molecular sensing properties remains insufficiently explored. Herein, a set of mutated pores were rationally designed and evaluated in silico by molecular simulations and in vitro by single-channel recording and molecular translocation experiments to study the pore structural variation, ion selectivity, ionic conductance and capabilities for sensing several biomolecules. Our results show that the ion selectivity and sensing ability of aerolysin are mostly controlled by electrostatics and the narrow diameter of the double β-barrel cap. By engineering single-site mutants, a more accurate molecular detection of nucleic acids and peptides has been achieved. These findings open avenues for developing aerolysin nanopores into powerful sensing devices.

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Bacterial ToxinsKineticsMutationNanoporesNanotechnologyNucleic AcidsPeptidesPore Forming Cytotoxic ProteinsStatic ElectricityaerolysinBacterial ToxinsNucleic AcidsPeptidesPore Forming Cytotoxic Proteins

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PMID31664022
PMCPMC6820719

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