The emerging landscape of single-molecule protein sequencing technologies

JA Alfaro, P Bohländer, M Dai, M Filius, CJ Howard… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Single-cell profiling methods have had a profound impact on the understanding of cellular
heterogeneity. While genomes and transcriptomes can be explored at the single-cell level …

Engineering biological nanopore approaches toward protein sequencing

X Wei, T Penkauskas, JE Reiner, C Kennard… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Biotechnological innovations have vastly improved the capacity to perform large-scale
protein studies, while the methods we have for identifying and quantifying individual proteins …

Dynamic genome evolution in a model fern

DB Marchant, G Chen, S Cai, F Chen, P Schafran… - Nature Plants, 2022 - nature.com
The large size and complexity of most fern genomes have hampered efforts to elucidate
fundamental aspects of fern biology and land plant evolution through genome-enabled …

MoS2 nanopore identifies single amino acids with sub-1 Dalton resolution

F Wang, C Zhao, P Zhao, F Chen, D Qiao… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The sequencing of single protein molecules using nanopores is faced with a huge challenge
due to the lack of resolution needed to resolve single amino acids. Here we report the direct …

Protein identification by nanopore peptide profiling

FLR Lucas, RCA Versloot, L Yakovlieva… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Nanopores are single-molecule sensors used in nucleic acid analysis, whereas their
applicability towards full protein identification has yet to be demonstrated. Here, we show …

Resolving isomeric posttranslational modifications using a biological nanopore as a sensor of molecular shape

T Ensslen, K Sarthak, A Aksimentiev… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The chemical nature and precise position of posttranslational modifications (PTMs) in
proteins or peptides are crucial for various severe diseases, such as cancer. State-of-the-art …

Identification of tagged glycans with a protein nanopore

M Li, Y **ong, Y Cao, C Zhang, Y Li, H Ning… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Structural complexity of glycans derived from the diversities in composition, linage,
configuration, and branching considerably complicates structural analysis. Nanopore-based …

Sculpting conducting nanopore size and shape through de novo protein design

S Berhanu, S Majumder, T Müntener, J Whitehouse… - Science, 2024 - science.org
Transmembrane β-barrels have considerable potential for a broad range of sensing
applications. Current engineering approaches for nanopore sensors are limited to naturally …

Deep learning-assisted single-molecule detection of protein post-translational modifications with a biological nanopore

C Cao, P Magalhães, LF Krapp, JF Bada Juarez… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Protein post-translational modifications (PTMs) play a crucial role in countless biological
processes, profoundly modulating protein properties on both spatial and temporal scales …

Quantification of protein glycosylation using nanopores

RCA Versloot, FLR Lucas, L Yakovlieva… - Nano Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
Although nanopores can be used for single-molecule sequencing of nucleic acids using low-
cost portable devices, the characterization of proteins and their modifications has yet to be …