Plasmonic two-nanopore technology for single-molecule protein sequencing (TwoPoreProSeq)
TwoPoreProSeq
Project information
Project duration
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Funded by
Research Council of Finland - Academy Research Fellow
Funding amount
847 421 EUR
Project coordinator
University of Oulu
Unit and faculty
Contact information
Project leader
- Tenure-track Assistant Professor
Project description
While portable single-molecule DNA sequencers have been brought to African and Brazil villages for sequencing Ebola and Zika virus, no corresponding technologies exist for protein sequencing. The big gap hampers not only mechanistic studies but also clinical applications. The latter includes digital health and personalized medicine that aims to provide customized treatment to individual patients based on dynamic personal health data collected by Point-of-care diagnostic devices.
The TwoPoreProSeq project aims to develop a novel plasmonic two-nanopore device able to unfold and sequence single protein molecules by the nanogap-enhanced Raman spectroscopy [1]. Our recent results have demonstrated label-free Raman spectroscopic reading single amino-acid residues within single peptide molecules [2] and single-molecule Raman detection of all 20 amino acids [3]. The project can provide a single-molecule protein sequencing technology to Point-of-Care devices, allowing peoples in both developed and underdeveloped countries to acquire data of their health and diseases at home for health management.
Related works:
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J.A. Huang et al., SERS Discrimination of Single DNA Bases in Single Oligonucleotides by Electro-plasmonic Trapping, Nature Communications 10, 5321 (2019)
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J.A. Huang*et al., Multiplex characterization of single amino acid residue in polypeptide by single SERS hot spot, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 59, 11423-11431 (2020)
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Y. Zhao, et al., Label-Free Optical Analysis of Biomolecules in Solid-State Nanopores: Toward Single-Molecule Protein Sequencing, ACS Photonics 9 (3), 730–742, 2022.
Project results
01.06.2023: Yingqi´s work of single-molecule manipulation and SERS detection by a plasmonic bowl-shaped nanopore is published on Nano Letters.
21.07.2022: Results on single-molecule Raman analysis of 20 proteogenic amnio acids and peptides can be found in my invited talk video (15 min) at the META 2022 conference: https://oulu.wistia.com/medias/2uq30mbq7z.
Research groups
The TwoPoreProSeq project is so multi-disciplinary that we are receiving help and support on biochemistry, nanophotonics, electronics, bioinformatics, nanofluidics and machine leanring from the following collaborators:
- Dr. Francesco De Angelis and Dr. Aliaksandr Hubarevich in Italian Institute of Technology (Italy) for nanofabrication, plasmon nanotechnologies and multiphysics simulation;
- Dr. Cuifeng Ying in Nottingham Trent University (UK) for nanopore fabrication and resistive pulse sensing of single-molecule DNA and proteins;
- Prof. Xuejin Zhang in Nanjing University (China) for nanophotonics measurements and simulation;
- Prof. Caglar Elbuken in University of Oulu for microfluidic sensor integration;
- Prof. Simo Saarakkala in University of Oulu for machine learning data analysis;
- Dr. Ilkka Nissinen in University of Oulu for digital electronic control automation;
- Dr. Valerio Izzi in University of Oulu for bioinformatic reconstruction of protein sequence;
- Prof. Lloyd Ruddock, Prof. Johanna Myllyharju, Prof. Aki Manninen, Prof. Lari Lehtiö in University of Oulu for biochemistry of pepetide, protein and their post-translational modifications.
