Nanopore Technology

This detailed collection explores techniques involved in the main strategies of nanopore sensing, such as translocation, analyte trapping, and interactions with external binding sites. Opening with a section on nanopore design and nanopore production, the book continues with parts devoted to various biological nanopores, nanopore engineering, and their uses in single molecule sensing, computational methods to study intrinsic nanopore behavior, characterizing the specific translocation activity of a vesicle particle through a nanopore, as well as the use of the technique droplet interface bilayer (DIB) in nanopore and membrane biophysical studies. Written for the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology series, chapters include introductions to their respective topics, lists of the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step, readily reproducible laboratory protocols, and tips on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls.
Authoritative and practical, Nanopore Technology: Methods and Protocols, with its focus on nanopore technology and biomolecule characterization, will hold the interest of the biophysicists, biochemists, bioengineers, and molecular biologists who are working toward further understanding this key field of research.

Includes cutting-edge techniques Provides step-by-step detail essential for reproducible results Contains key implementation advice from the experts

Inhalt
Preparation of Fragaceatoxin C (FraC) Nanopores.- Preparation of Cytolysin A (ClyA) Nanopores.- Building Synthetic Transmembrane Peptide Pores.- Design and Assembly of Membrane-Spanning DNA Nanopores.- Determining the Orientation of Porins in Planar Lipid Bilayers.- Revelation of Function and Inhibition of Wza through Single Channel Studies.- Protein Analyte Sensing with an Outer Membrane Protein G (OmpG) Nanopore.- Nanopore Enzymology to Study Protein Kinases and their Inhibition by Small Molecules.- A Selective Activity-Based Approach for Analysis of Enzymes with an OmpG Nanopore.- Oligonucleotide-Directed Protein Threading through a Rigid Nanopore.- Unfolding and Translocation of Proteins through an Alpha-Hemolysin Nanopore by ClpXP.- Simulation of pH-Dependent, Loop-Based Membrane Protein Gating Using Pretzel.- Free Energy Minimization for Vesicle Translocation through a Narrow Pore.- Single Ion-Channel Analysis in Droplet Interface Bilayer.- Continuous and Rapid Solution Exchangein a Lipid Bilayer Perfusion System Based on Droplet-Interface Bilayer.- Protein Transport Studied by a Model Asymmetric Membrane Army Arranged in a Dimple Chip.