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ArticleNature chemistry2021

Bottom-up fabrication of a proteasome-nanopore that unravels and processes single proteins.

Shengli Zhang, Gang Huang, Roderick Corstiaan Abraham Versloot, Bart Marlon Herwig Bruininks, Paulo Cesar Telles de Souza, Siewert-Jan Marrink, Giovanni Maglia

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Article in Nature chemistry, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 65 papers.

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65 citing papers in PubMed, 122 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 3 countries.

Shengli ZhangGroningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.
Gang HuangGroningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.
Roderick Corstiaan Abraham VerslootGroningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.
Bart Marlon Herwig BruininksGroningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5136-0864
Paulo Cesar Telles de SouzaGroningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0660-1301
Siewert-Jan MarrinkGroningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8423-5277
Giovanni MagliaGroningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands. g.maglia@rug.nl.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2784-0811
Biotechnology Institute · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The precise assembly and engineering of molecular machines capable of handling biomolecules play crucial roles in most single-molecule methods. In this work we use components from all three domains of life to fabricate an integrated multiprotein complex that controls the unfolding and threading of individual proteins across a nanopore. This 900 kDa multicomponent device was made in two steps. First, we designed a stable and low-noise β-barrel nanopore sensor by linking the transmembrane region of bacterial protective antigen to a mammalian proteasome activator. An archaeal 20S proteasome was then built into the artificial nanopore to control the unfolding and linearized transport of proteins across the nanopore. This multicomponent molecular machine opens the door to two approaches in single-molecule protein analysis, in which selected substrate proteins are unfolded, fed to into the proteasomal chamber and then addressed either as fragmented peptides or intact polypeptides.

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NanoporesAnimalsAntigens, BacterialArchaeal ProteinsBacillus anthracisBacterial ToxinsMiceMolecular Dynamics SimulationProteasome Endopeptidase ComplexProtein EngineeringProteinsProtein UnfoldingThermoplasmaValosin Containing Proteinanthrax toxinAntigens, BacterialArchaeal ProteinsBacterial ToxinsProteasome Endopeptidase ComplexProteinsValosin Containing Protein

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PMID34795436
PMCPMC7612055
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