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Deep Learning-Assisted Single-Molecule Detection of Protein Post-translational Modifications with a Biological Nanopore

Cao, Chan  
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Magalhaes, Pedro  
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Krapp, Lucien Fabrice  
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December 19, 2023
Acs Nano

Protein post-translational modifications (PTMs) play a crucial role in countless biological processes, profoundly modulating protein properties on both spatial and temporal scales. Protein PTMs have also emerged as reliable biomarkers for several diseases. However, only a handful of techniques are available to accurately measure their levels, capture their complexity at a single molecule level, and characterize their multifaceted roles in health and disease. Nanopore sensing provides high sensitivity for the detection of low-abundance proteins, holding the potential to impact single-molecule proteomics and PTM detection, in particular. Here, we demonstrate the ability of a biological nanopore, the pore-forming toxin aerolysin, to detect and distinguish alpha-synuclein-derived peptides bearing single or multiple PTMs, namely, phosphorylation, nitration, and oxidation occurring at different positions and in various combinations. The characteristic current signatures of the alpha-synuclein peptide and its PTM variants could be confidently identified by using a deep learning model for signal processing. We further demonstrate that this framework can quantify alpha-synuclein peptides at picomolar concentrations and detect the C-terminal peptides generated by digestion of full-length alpha-synuclein. Collectively, our work highlights the advantage of using nanopores as a tool for simultaneous detection of multiple PTMs and facilitates their use in biomarker discovery and diagnostics.

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research article
DOI
10.1021/acsnano.3c08623
Web of Science ID

WOS:001144000200001

Author(s)
Cao, Chan  
Magalhaes, Pedro  
Krapp, Lucien Fabrice  
Juarez, Juan F. Bada  
Mayer, Simon Finn  
Rukes, Verena  
Chiki, Anass  
Lashuel, Hilal A  
Dal Peraro, Matteo  
Date Issued

2023-12-19

Publisher

Amer Chemical Soc

Published in
Acs Nano
Volume

18

Issue

2

Start page

1504

End page

1515

Subjects

Physical Sciences

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Technology

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Biological Nanopores

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Protein Post-Translational Modifications

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Deep-Learning

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Single-Molecule Sensing

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Alpha-Synuclein

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REVIEWED

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EPFL

FunderGrant Number

H2020 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions

PR00P3_193090

Swiss National Science Foundation

665667

European Union

2019-CDA02

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February 21, 2024
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