Nature Communications (Nov 2019)

Active DNA unwinding and transport by a membrane-adapted helicase nanopore

  • Ke Sun,
  • Changjian Zhao,
  • Xiaojun Zeng,
  • Yuejia Chen,
  • Xin Jiang,
  • Xianting Ding,
  • Lu Gou,
  • Haiyang Xie,
  • Xinqiong Li,
  • Xialin Zhang,
  • Sheng Lin,
  • Linqin Dou,
  • Long Wei,
  • Haofu Niu,
  • Ming Zhang,
  • Ruocen Tian,
  • Erica Sawyer,
  • Qingyue Yuan,
  • Yuqin Huang,
  • Piaopiao Chen,
  • Chengjian Zhao,
  • Cuisong Zhou,
  • Binwu Ying,
  • Bingyang Shi,
  • Xiawei Wei,
  • Ruotian Jiang,
  • Lei Zhang,
  • Guangwen Lu,
  • Jia Geng

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13047-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Active translocation of DNA through nanopores usually needs enzyme assistance. Here authors present a nanopore derived from helicase E1 of bovine papillomavirus (BPV) which acts as a conductive pore embedded in lipid membrane to allow the translocation of ssDNA and unwinding of dsDNA.