Nanopore-based technologies beyond DNA sequencing

YL Ying, ZL Hu, S Zhang, Y Qing, A Fragasso… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Inspired by the biological processes of molecular recognition and transportation across
membranes, nanopore techniques have evolved in recent decades as ultrasensitive …

Nanopore DNA sequencing technologies and their applications towards single-molecule proteomics

A Dorey, S Howorka - Nature chemistry, 2024 - nature.com
Sequencing of nucleic acids with nanopores has emerged as a powerful tool offering rapid
readout, high accuracy, low cost and portability. This label-free method for sequencing at the …

Unambiguous discrimination of all 20 proteinogenic amino acids and their modifications by nanopore

K Wang, S Zhang, X Zhou, X Yang, X Li, Y Wang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Natural proteins are composed of 20 proteinogenic amino acids and their post-translational
modifications (PTMs). However, due to the lack of a suitable nanopore sensor that can …

Real-time detection of 20 amino acids and discrimination of pathologically relevant peptides with functionalized nanopore

M Zhang, C Tang, Z Wang, S Chen, D Zhang, K Li… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Precise identification and quantification of amino acids is crucial for many biological
applications. Here we report a copper (II)-functionalized Mycobacterium smegmatis porin A …

Peptide sequencing based on host–guest interaction-assisted nanopore sensing

Y Zhang, Y Yi, Z Li, K Zhou, L Liu, HC Wu - Nature methods, 2024 - nature.com
Direct protein sequencing technologies with improved sensitivity and throughput are still
needed. Here, we propose an alternative method for peptide sequencing based on …

Multiple rereads of single proteins at single–amino acid resolution using nanopores

H Brinkerhoff, ASW Kang, J Liu, A Aksimentiev… - Science, 2021 - science.org
A proteomics tool capable of identifying single proteins would be important for cell biology
research and applications. Here, we demonstrate a nanopore-based single-molecule …

Solid-state nanopore sensors

L Xue, H Yamazaki, R Ren, M Wanunu… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Nanopore-based sensors have established themselves as a prominent tool for solution-
based, single-molecule analysis of the key building blocks of life, including nucleic acids …

Enzyme-less nanopore detection of post-translational modifications within long polypeptides

P Martin-Baniandres, WH Lan, S Board… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Means to analyse cellular proteins and their millions of variants at the single-molecule level
would uncover substantial information previously unknown to biology. Nanopore …

Molecular ratchets and kinetic asymmetry: giving chemistry direction

S Borsley, DA Leigh… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Over the last two decades ratchet mechanisms have transformed the understanding and
design of stochastic molecular systems—biological, chemical and physical—in a move away …

Multi-pass, single-molecule nanopore reading of long protein strands

K Motone, D Kontogiorgos-Heintz, J Wee, K Kurihara… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
The ability to sequence single protein molecules in their native, full-length form would
enable a more comprehensive understanding of proteomic diversity. Current technologies …