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Scanning a Single Protein, One Amino Acid at a Time

2021-11-11

Scanning a Single Protein, One Amino Acid at a Time

Using nanopore DNA sequencing technology, researchers from TU Delft and the University of Illinois have managed to scan a single protein: by slowly moving a linearized protein through a tiny nanopore, one amino acid at the time, the researchers were able to read off electric currents that relate to the information content of the protein.