Scalable Production of Highly Sensitive Nanosensors Based on Graphene Functionalized With a Designed G Protein-Coupled Receptor

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Graphene
biosensor
field effect transistor
μ-opioid receptor
computational protein design
Biochemistry
Organic Chemistry
Physical Chemistry
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Lerner, Mitchell Bryant
Matsunaga, Felipe
Han, Gang Hee
Hong, Sung Ju
Xi, Jin
Crook, Alexander
Park, Yung Woo
Liu, Renyu
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We have developed a novel, all-electronic biosensor for opioids that consists of an engineered μ-opioid receptor protein, with high binding affinity for opioids, chemically bonded to a graphene field-effect transistor to read out ligand binding. A variant of the receptor protein that provided chemical recognition was computationally redesigned to enhance its solubility and stability in an aqueous environment. A shadow mask process was developed to fabricate arrays of hundreds of graphene transistors with average mobility of ∼1500 cm2 V–1 s–1 and yield exceeding 98%. The biosensor exhibits high sensitivity and selectivity for the target naltrexone, an opioid receptor antagonist, with a detection limit of 10 pg/mL.

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2014-04-17
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Nano Letters
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