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ACS CENTRAL SCIENCE
Volume 4, Issue 8, Pages 1007-1014Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.8b00268
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- Swedish Research Council
- Knut & Alice Wallenberg Foundation
- Erling-Persson Family Foundation
- Swiss Nanoscience Institute
- Swiss National Science Foundation grant [31003A_170041]
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Control of molecular translocation through nanoscale apertures is of great interest for DNA sequencing, biomolecular filters, and new platforms for single molecule analysis. However, methods for controlling the permeability of nanopores are very limited. Here, we show how nanopores functionalized with poly(ethylene glycol) brushes, which fully prevent protein translocation, can be reversibly gated to an open state by binding of single IgG antibodies that disrupt the macromolecular barrier. On the basis of surface plasmon resonance data we propose a two-state model describing the antibody-polymer interaction kinetics. Reversibly (weakly) bound antibodies decrease the protein exclusion height while irreversibly (strongly) bound antibodies do not. Our results are further supported by fluorescence readout from pore arrays and high-speed atomic force microscopy on single pores. This type of dynamic barrier control on the nanoscale provides new possibilities for biomolecular separation and analysis.
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