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Semisynthetic Nanoreactor for Reversible Single-Molecule Covalent Chemistry
Authors: Lee J, Boersma AJ, Boudreau MA, Cheley S, Daltrop O, Li JW, Tamagaki H, Bayley H
Publisher: AMER CHEMICAL SOC
Publication year: 2016
Journal: ACS Nano
Journal name in source: ACS NANO
Journal acronym: ACS NANO
Volume: 10
Issue: 9
First page : 8843
Last page: 8850
Number of pages: 8
ISSN: 1936-0851
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.6b04663
Abstract
Protein engineering has been used to remodel pores for applications in biotechnology. For example, the heptameric alpha-hemolysin pore (alpha HL) has been engineered to form a nanoreactor to study covalent chemistry at the single -molecule level. Previous work has been confined largely to the chemistry of cysteine side chains or, in one instance, to an irreversible reaction of an unnatural amino acid side chain bearing a terminal alkyne. Here, we present four different alpha HL pores obtained by coupling either two or three fragments by native chemical ligation (NCL). The synthetic alpha HL monomers were folded and incorporated into heptameric pores. The functionality of the pores was validated by hemolysis assays and by single-channel current recording. By using NCL to introduce a ketone amino acid, the nanoreactor approach was extended to an investigation of reversible covalent chemistry on an unnatural side chain at the single -molecule level.
Protein engineering has been used to remodel pores for applications in biotechnology. For example, the heptameric alpha-hemolysin pore (alpha HL) has been engineered to form a nanoreactor to study covalent chemistry at the single -molecule level. Previous work has been confined largely to the chemistry of cysteine side chains or, in one instance, to an irreversible reaction of an unnatural amino acid side chain bearing a terminal alkyne. Here, we present four different alpha HL pores obtained by coupling either two or three fragments by native chemical ligation (NCL). The synthetic alpha HL monomers were folded and incorporated into heptameric pores. The functionality of the pores was validated by hemolysis assays and by single-channel current recording. By using NCL to introduce a ketone amino acid, the nanoreactor approach was extended to an investigation of reversible covalent chemistry on an unnatural side chain at the single -molecule level.
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