Giant single molecule chemistry events observed from a tetrachloroaurate(III) embedded Mycobacterium smegmatis porin A nanopore

oleh: Jiao Cao, Wendong Jia, Jinyue Zhang, Xiumei Xu, Shuanghong Yan, Yuqin Wang, Panke Zhang, Hong-Yuan Chen, Shuo Huang

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2019-12-01

Deskripsi

Engineered biological nanopores enable observation of single molecule chemistry events; however a cylindrical pore geometry can have undesired effects. The authors report a conical biological pore which was embedded with tetrachloroaurate(III) to allow for discrimination between different biothiols.