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ArticleProtein science : a publication of the Protein Society2025

Barrel expansion of outer membrane protein G nanopore through β-hairpin duplication.

Joshua C Foster, Bach Pham, Ryan Pham, Patrick Ryan, Nhu Tong, Jacqueline Sharp, Satomi Inaba-Inoue, Jie Liang, Konstantinos Beis, Min Chen

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Article in Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Barrel expansion of outer membrane protein G nanopore through β-hairpin duplication.Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Joshua C FosterDepartment of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA.
Bach PhamDepartment of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA.
Ryan PhamDepartment of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA.
Patrick RyanMolecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA.
Nhu TongDepartment of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA.
Jacqueline SharpDepartment of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA.
Satomi Inaba-InoueDepartment of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6939-1324
Jie LiangDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2773-6427
Konstantinos BeisDepartment of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Min ChenDepartment of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7572-0761

Funding

CHEMISTRY-BIOLOGY INTERFACE PREDOCTORAL TRAINING GRANTST32GM008515 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST · PI THOMPSON, LYNMARIE K. · 1995 to 2020
$4.3M
Models and Algorithms for Biological Networks and Polymers: Stochastic Probability Landscape and Chromatin EnsemblesR35GM127084 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI LIANG, JIE · 2018 to 2025
$3.7M
Chemistry-Biology Interface Predoctoral Training GrantT32GM139789 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST · PI ERIC Robert STRIETER · 2021 to 2026
$3.4M
Probing Functional States and Inhibition of Flaviviral Proteases Using Nanopore TweezersR01AI156187 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST · PI CHEN, MIN · 2021 to 2025
$2.2M
OmpG nanopore for single molecule protein sensingR01GM115442 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST · PI CHEN, MIN · 2016 to 2020
$1.5M
National Institutes of Health (NIH) TM32-GM008515National Institutes of Health (NIH) TM32-GM139789NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI156187NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM115442NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM127084NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008515NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM139789
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Outer membrane β-barrel proteins (OMPs) are channels found in the outer membranes of Gram-negative bacteria characterized by a stable and diverse barrel architecture, which has made them attractive for nanopore sensing applications. Here, we systematically investigated the feasibility of expanding outer membrane protein G (OmpG) from its native 14-stranded β-barrel to an enhanced conductance variant by independently duplicating each of its seven hairpin units and inserting them downstream of their endogenous positions. Most combinations did not increase pore diameter, but duplication of the terminal seventh hairpin exhibited a rare population of pores with enhanced conductance, suggesting barrel enlargement. Further engineering efforts to optimize the terminal β-turn sequence have resulted in up to 50% of pores with increased conductance. Importantly, the enlarged pores retained the sensing functionality of the original scaffold, highlighting the potential of this approach for developing β-barrel OMP sensors with tunable dimensions.

Indexed as

Bacterial Outer Membrane ProteinsEscherichia coliEscherichia coli ProteinsNanoporesPorinsModels, MolecularProtein Conformation, beta-StrandProtein Structure, SecondaryBacterial Outer Membrane ProteinsEscherichia coli ProteinsOmpG protein, E coliPorinsconductancemembrane proteinnanoporeouter membrane protein Gprotein engineeringsingle‐channel current recording

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PMID40879566
PMCPMC12267663

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