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US 12,399,180 · App. 19/057,465 · 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)
Assignee: Glyphic Biotechnologies, Inc.
G01N33/6818C12Q1/68
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Patent No.
US 12,399,180
App. No.
19/057,465
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 (35)

1. A method of identifying a modified amino acid, comprising:

(a) providing a peptide, wherein said peptide comprises a plurality of amino acids;

(b) coupling a linker comprising a polymerizable molecule to an amino acid of said plurality of amino acids, thereby yielding an amino acid-linker complex;

(c) cleaving said amino acid-linker complex from said peptide, thereby yielding said modified amino acid;

(d) measuring a signal of said modified amino acid while said modified amino acid translocates through a nanopore or a nanogap, thereby generating a measured signal;

(e) using said measured signal to identify an amino acid type of said modified amino acid.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein said cleaving is performed using a chemical stimulus.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein said chemical stimulus comprises application of an acid.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein said acid is a Lewis acid.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, repeating (b)-(e), thereby sequencing said peptide.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein (b) comprises (i) providing said linker comprising said polymerizable molecule, wherein said linker comprises an amino acid reactive moiety; and (ii) reacting said amino acid reactive moiety with said amino acid, thereby generating said amino acid-linker complex.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein said amino acid reactive moiety is an isothiocyanate, a thioacetylation agent, a thioacylation agent, a thiobenzoylation agent, or a guanidinylating agent.

8. The method of claim 6 , further comprising, subsequent to (c), repeating (b), thereby generating an additional amino acid-linker complex from an additional amino acid of said plurality of amino acids.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising, coupling said additional amino acid-linker complex to said amino-acid linker complex such that a distance between said amino acid and said additional amino acid is increased, and subsequently, cleaving said additional amino acid-linker complex from said peptide.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein said polymerizable molecule comprises temporal information, wherein said temporal information comprises a cycle or round that said polymerizable molecule is provided.

11. The method of claim 6 , wherein said peptide is coupled to a capture moiety, and wherein (b) further comprises, coupling said capture moiety to said linker.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein said coupling is mediated via said polymerizable molecule.

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

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein said nucleic acid barcode molecule identifies said peptide.

15. The method of claim 13 , wherein said capture moiety comprises a unique molecular identifier (UMI) sequence.

16. The method of claim 1 , wherein said polymerizable molecule comprises a nucleic acid molecule.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein said nucleic acid molecule is composed predominantly of pyrimidines.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein said nucleic acid molecule is composed entirely of pyrimidines.

19. The method of claim 16 , wherein said nucleic acid molecule comprises a polynucleotide analog.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein said polynucleotide analog comprises a 7-deaza purine analog, 8-halopurine analog, or 5-halopyrimidine analog.

21. The method of claim 1 , wherein said modified amino acid comprises a post-translational modification and wherein (e) comprises identifying said post-translational modification.

22. The method of claim 1 , wherein said peptide is derived from a biological sample.

23. The method of claim 1 , wherein said amino acid is a terminal amino acid.

24. The method of claim 1 , wherein said measured signal is a current signal.

25. The method of claim 1 , wherein said modified amino acid comprises a thiocarbamyl, thiazolinone or thiohydantoin-derivatized amino acid.

26. The method of claim 1 , wherein said polymerizable molecule comprises temporal information or spatial information.

27. The method of claim 1 , wherein during (a), said peptide is coupled to a substrate.

28. The method of claim 1 , wherein said polymerizable molecule comprises a nucleic acid molecule, and further comprising, using said nanopore or said nanogap to sequence said nucleic acid molecule.

29. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, translocating said modified amino acid through said nanopore or said nanogap more than once.

30. The method of claim 1 , wherein said polymerizable molecule comprises a synthetic polymer.

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 18627030 · Apr 4, 2024
Continuation PCTUS2023071456 · Aug 1, 2023
Provisional Application 63394475 · Aug 2, 2022
Related Publication 20250180576A1 · Jun 5, 2025
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