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US 12,399,181 · App. 19/057,496 · Granted Aug 26, 2025

Protein sequencing via coupling of polymerizable molecules

Inventors: Asmamaw Wassie (Leander, TX); Daniel Masao Estandian (Antioch, CA); Andrew John Price (San Mateo, CA); Boyang Hua (Oakland, CA); Joshua Young Cynming Yang (Richardson, TX); David Dodd (San Francisco, CA); Gerardo Fabian Delgado (Oakland, CA); Elaine Jean Su (Martinez, CA)
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Patent No.
US 12,399,181
App. No.
19/057,496
Granted
Aug 26, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided herein are methods and systems for sequencing proteins. One or more methods disclosed herein may use linkers having an amino acid-reactive group and an additional reactive moiety that may be used to couple a polymerizable molecule. The linker may couple to a polymerizable molecule and an amino acid of a peptide and a capture moiety via the polymerizable molecule, followed by cleavage of the amino acid from the peptide. Further processing and analysis may be conducted using, for example, nanopores or nanogaps.

Claims (37)

1. A method of processing a peptide, comprising:

(a) providing said peptide, a capture moiety, and a linker, wherein said linker comprises a polymerizable molecule, and wherein said linker is capable of coupling to an amino acid of said peptide;

(b) coupling said linker to said amino acid of said peptide;

(c) coupling said linker to said capture moiety;

(d) cleaving said amino acid from said peptide to yield an amino acid-linker-capture moiety (AALC) complex;

(e) providing an additional linker comprising an additional polymerizable molecule, wherein said additional linker is capable of coupling to an additional amino acid of said peptide;

(f) coupling said additional linker to said additional amino acid, thereby generating an additional amino acid-linker complex; and

(g) coupling said additional amino acid-linker complex to said AALC complex, thereby generating a stacked AALC complex.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein said coupling of (g) is performed by coupling said polymerizable molecule of said linker to said additional polymerizable molecule of said additional linker.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, cleaving said additional amino acid from said peptide.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, translocating said stacked AALC complex through a nanopore or a nanogap.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising, identifying an amino acid type of said amino acid or said additional amino acid.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein said identifying comprises measuring a signal as said stacked AALC complex translocates through said nanopore or said nanogap, thereby generating a measured signal, and using said measured signal to determine an identity of said amino acid or said additional amino acid.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein said identifying comprises using imaging.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein said identifying further comprises using a binding agent carrying a fluorophore or optically detectable tag, wherein said binding agent selectively binds to a particular amino acid type.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein said capture moiety is coupled to a substrate.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein said capture moiety is coupled to said peptide.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein said capture moiety comprises a nucleic acid molecule.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein said capture moiety comprises a pseudo-complementary base, a bridged nucleic acid, a xenonucleic acid, a locked nucleic acid, a peptide nucleic acid (PNA), a gamma-PNA, or a morpholino.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein said capture moiety comprises a first nucleic acid molecule, wherein said polymerizable molecule comprises a second nucleic acid molecule, and wherein said coupling of (c) comprises coupling said first nucleic acid molecule to said second nucleic acid molecule.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein said coupling of (c) is performed using a ligase.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein said coupling is performed using a splint oligonucleotide, wherein said splint oligonucleotide comprises a first sequence complementary to at least a portion of said first nucleic acid molecule and a second sequence complementary to at least a portion of said second nucleic acid molecule.

16. The method of claim 13 , wherein said coupling of (c) is performed by hybridizing at least a portion of said first nucleic acid molecule to at least a portion of said second nucleic acid molecule.

17. The method of claim 1 , wherein said capture moiety comprises a nucleic acid barcode molecule.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein said nucleic acid barcode molecule identifies said peptide.

19. The method of claim 1 , wherein said amino acid or said additional amino acid is an N-terminal amino acid or a C-terminal amino acid.

20. The method of claim 1 , wherein (b) occurs before (c).

21. The method of claim 1 , wherein (c) occurs before (b).

22. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, repeating (e)-(g) to generate said stacked AALC complex.

23. The method of claim 1 , wherein said polymerizable molecule comprises a nucleic acid barcode molecule that comprises temporal information.

24. The method of claim 23 , wherein said temporal information comprises a cycle barcode that indicates a round or iteration in which said polymerizable molecule is provided.

25. The method of claim 1 , wherein said capture moiety comprises a cleavable moiety.

26. The method of claim 25 , wherein said cleavable moiety is a restriction enzyme recognition site, an abasic site, a uracil, or a disulfide bond.

27. The method of claim 1 , wherein said cleaving of (d) is performed using treatment with acid.

28. The method of claim 27 , wherein said acid is a Lewis acid.

29. The method of claim 1 , wherein said amino acid comprises a post-translational modification or a non-standard amino acid.

30. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, (h) performing an extension reaction of said AALC complex or said stacked AALC complex, thereby generating an extension product, and (i) sequencing said extension product or a derivative thereof.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 18, 2025
From: WASSIE, ASMAMAW
To: GLYPHIC BIOTECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 070883/0461 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 18, 2025
From: ESTANDIAN, DANIEL MASAO; PRICE, ANDREW JOHN; HUA, BOYANG; YANG, JOSHUA YOUNG CYNMING; DODD, DAVID; DELGADO, GERARDO FABIAN; SU, ELAINE JEAN
To: GLYPHIC BIOTECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 070883/0536 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 18627091 · Apr 4, 2024
Continuation PCTUS2023071456 · Aug 1, 2023
Provisional Application 63394475 · Aug 2, 2022
Related Publication 20250180577A1 · Jun 5, 2025
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