2020 · SOFT MATTER

Polynucleotide differentiation using hybrid solid-state nanopore functionalizing with α-hemolysin

Bentin, Jeremy, Balme, Sebastien, Picaud, Fabien

Journal
SOFT MATTER
Année
2020
Volume
16
Numéro
4
Pages
1002-1010
Mois
JAN 28
DOI
10.1039/c9sm01833f

Abstract

We report results from full atomistic molecular dynamics simulations on the properties of biomimetic nanopores. This latter result was obtained through the direct insertion of an alpha-hemolysin protein inside a hydrophobic solid-state nanopore. Upon translocation of different DNA strands, we demonstrate here that the theoretical system presents the same discrimination properties as the experimental one obtained previously. This opens an interesting way to promote the stability of a specific protein inside a solid nanopore to develop further biomimetic applications for DNA or protein sequencing.

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