Peptide synthesis on glass substrate using acoustic droplet ejector

IEEE Trans Biomed Eng. 2014 Mar;61(3):705-10. doi: 10.1109/TBME.2013.2287218. Epub 2013 Oct 24.

Abstract

This paper describes the synthesis of a 9-mers-long peptide ladder structure of glycine on a modified glass surface using a nanoliter droplet ejector. To synthesize peptide on a glass substrate, SPOT peptide synthesis protocol was followed with a nozzleless acoustic droplet ejector being used to eject about 300 droplets of preactivated amino acid solution to dispense 60 nL of the solution per mer. The coupling efficiency of each mer was measured with FITC fluorescent tag to be 96%, resulting in net 70% efficiency for the whole 9-mer-long peptide of glycine. Usage of a nanoliter droplet ejector for SPOT peptide synthesis increases the density of protein array on a chip.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Equipment Design
  • Glass*
  • Nanotechnology* / instrumentation
  • Nanotechnology* / methods
  • Peptides / chemical synthesis*
  • Peptides / chemistry
  • Protein Array Analysis / instrumentation*
  • Surface Properties

Substances

  • Peptides