Highly parallel transport recordings on a membrane-on-nanopore chip at single molecule resolution

M. Urban, A. Kleefen, N. Mukherjee, P. Seelheim, B. Windschiegl, M. Vor der Brüggen, A. Koçer, R. Tampé*

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Abstract

Membrane proteins are prime drug targets as they control the transit of information, ions, and solutes across membranes. Here, we present a membrane-on-nanopore platform to analyze nonelectrogenic channels and transporters that are typically not accessible by electrophysiological methods in a multiplexed manner. The silicon chip contains 250 000 femtoliter cavities, closed by a silicon dioxide top layer with defined nanopores. Lipid vesicles containing membrane proteins of interest are spread onto the nanopore-chip surface. Transport events of ligand-gated channels were recorded at single-molecule resolution by high-parallel fluorescence decoding.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1674-1680
JournalNano letters
Volume14
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014
Externally publishedYes

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