Peptide-tags for enhanced DNA microarray performance

Schulze, Holger, Ross, Alan J., Ember, Stuart W. J., Luby, Julie, Khondoker, Mizanur ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1801-1635, Giraud, Gerard, Ciani, Ilenia, Tlili, Chaker, Papale, Davide, Terry, Jonathan G., Mount, Andrew R., Walton, Anthony J., Crain, Jason, Ghazal, Peter, Bachmann, Till T. and Campbell, Colin J. (2011) Peptide-tags for enhanced DNA microarray performance. Faraday Discussions, 149. pp. 201-210. ISSN 1359-6640

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Abstract

DNA microarrays are powerful tools for gene expression analysis and genotyping studies in research and diagnostic applications. A high sensitivity and short time-to-result are prerequisites for their practical application in the clinic. The hybridization efficiency of DNA microarrays depends on the probe density and the probe orientation and thus their accessibility for target molecules. In order to find an optimal probe immobilization procedure a set of different oligonucleotide modifications was tested on epoxy silane functionalized glass slides. It was found that histidine-tagged oligonucleotides resulted in the highest amount of bound probe and by far the best hybridization efficiencies. The detection limit obtained with histidine-tagged probes was up to two orders of magnitude lower compared to commonly used probe modifications. In order to further investigate the binding mechanism of histidine-tags towards functionalized glass substrates a set of different peptide-tags with and without free terminal amino-groups and with different amino acid compositions was tested. The results indicate an impact of the terminal amino group on the covalent surface binding and of aromatic amino acid residues on the enhanced hybridisation efficiency.

Item Type: Article
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
UEA Research Groups: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Epidemiology and Public Health
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Public Health and Health Services Research (former - to 2023)
Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Norwich Epidemiology Centre
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Norwich Epidemiology Centre
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Population Health
Depositing User: Pure Connector
Date Deposited: 24 Sep 2016 00:40
Last Modified: 19 Oct 2023 01:46
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/60173
DOI: 10.1039/C005491G

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