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    • 3. 发明公开
    • POLYPEPTIDE SEQUENCING AND FINGERPRINTING
    • US20240302276A1
    • 2024-09-12
    • US18569128
    • 2022-06-02
    • Quantapore, Inc.
    • Milya DAVLIEVAMartin HUBER
    • G01N21/64C12Q1/37G01N33/487G01N33/68
    • G01N21/6408C12Q1/37G01N21/6428G01N33/48721G01N33/6818G01N2021/6419G01N2021/6421G01N2021/6441
    • In some aspects, the invention comprises a method for determining an amino acid sequence or fingerprint of a polypeptide. In some embodiments, the method comprises providing a solid state substrate comprising a cis side and a trans side, the substrate comprising a reaction well that defines a reaction volume and comprises (i) a proximal throughhole extending between the cis side and the trans side of the substrate, (ii) one or more side walls, and (iii) a distal opening. The solid state substrate further comprises an opaque metal layer that substantially blocks excitation light from penetrating into the reaction volume and from penetrating to the cis side of the substrate. Also provided is a carrier particle comprising a fluorescently labeled polypeptide strand that is attached to the carrier particle. The fluorescently labeled polypeptide strand comprises (i) a proximal end that is attached to the carrier particle, (ii) a distal end that is cleavable by an exopeptidase, and (iii) at least one fluorescently labeled amino acid comprising a fluorescent label. The carrier particle is located on the cis side of the substrate, but does not pass through the throughhole, such that the attached fluorescently labeled polypeptide strand protrudes through the throughhole so that the distal end of the fluorescently labeled strand is in the reaction volume. The trans side of the substrate is illuminated with excitation light to create a fluorescence excitation zone adjacent to the distal opening of the reaction well. While the substrate is illuminated, the fluorescently labeled polypeptide strand is reacted with an exopeptidase so that amino acids are released serially from the distal end of the stand and diffuse through the fluorescence excitation zone, so that fluorescently labeled amino acids in the excitation zone emit fluorescent signals. The fluorescent signals are detected as a function of time, whereby an amino acid sequence is determined from the time order of fluorescent signals detected from the released fluorescently labeled amino acids.
    • 6. 发明公开
    • BRET-BASED CORONAVIRUS MPRO PROTEASE SENSOR AND USES THEREOF
    • US20240240228A1
    • 2024-07-18
    • US18562772
    • 2022-05-20
    • Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development
    • Anupriya M. GeethakumariKabir Hassan Biswas
    • C12Q1/37G01N21/64
    • C12Q1/37G01N21/6428G01N21/6458
    • The SARS-CoV-2 main protease, MPRO, is critical for its replication and is an appealing target for designing anti-SARS-CoV-2 agents. In this regard, a number of assays have been developed based on its cleavage sequence preferences to monitor its activity. These include the usage of Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET)-based substrates in vitro and a FlipGFP reporter, one which fluoresces after MPRO-mediated cleavage, in live cells. Here, a pair of genetically encoded, Bioluminescence Resonance Energy Transfer (BRET)-based sensors have been engineered for detecting SARS-CoV-2 MPRO proteolytic activity in living host cells. The sensors were generated by sandwiching MPRO N-terminal autocleavage sites, either AVLQSGFR (short) or KTSAVLQSGFRKME (long), in between the mNeonGreen and nanoLuc proteins. Co-expression of the sensor with the MPRO in live cells resulted in its cleavage in a dose-dependent manner while mutation of the critical C145 residue (C145A) in MPRO completely abrogated the sensor cleavage. A temporal activity of MPRO in live cells and its inhibition was shown using the well-characterized pharmacological agent GC376. The sensor developed here finds direct utility in studies related to drug discovery targeting the SARS-CoV-2 MPRO and functional genomics application to determine the effect of sequence variation in MPRO Importantly, the BRET-based sensors displayed increased sensitivities and specificities as compared to the recently developed FlipGFP-based MPRO sensor. Additionally, the sensors recapitulated the inhibition of MPRO by the well-characterized pharmacological agent GC376. Further, in vitro assays with the BRET-based MPRO sensors revealed a molecular crowding-mediated increase in the rate of MPRO activity and a decrease in the inhibitory potential of GC376. The sensor developed here finds direct utility in studies related to drug discovery targeting the SARS-CoV-2 MPRO and functional genomics application to determine the effect of sequence variation in MPRO.