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Protein identification using a digestion-free nanopore approach

Nature Biotechnology volume 41, pages 1078–1079 (2023)Cite this article

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Sequencing of proteins is a technically difficult task that typically requires digestion into short peptides before detection and identification. We developed a digestion-free method to chemically unfold and ‘scan’ full-length proteins through a nanopore, producing electrical fingerprints unique to individual protein molecules that are useful in their identification.

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Fig. 1: Full-length protein transport through a nanopore.

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This is a summary of: Yu, L. et al. Unidirectional single-file transport of full-length proteins through a nanopore. Nat. Biotechnol. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-022-01598-3 (2023)

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