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Observation of Giant Conductance Fluctuations in a Protein
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Zhang B
; Song W
; Pang P
; Zhao Y
; Zhang P
; Csabai I
; Vattay G
; Lindsay S
Nano Futures
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Proteins are insulating molecular solids, yet even those containing easily
reduced or oxidized centers can have single-molecule electronic conductances that
are too large to account for with conventional transport theories. Here, we
report the observation of remarkably high electronic conductance states in an
electrochemically-inactive protein, the ~200 kD ?(V)?(3) extracelluar domain of
human integrin. Large current pulses (up to nA) were observed for long durations
(many ms, corresponding to many pC of charge transfer) at large gap (>5nm)
distances in an STM when the protein was bound specifically by a small peptide
ligand attached to the electrodes. The effect is greatly reduced when a
homologous, weakly-binding protein (?(4)?(1)) is used as a control. In order to
overcome the limitations of the STM, the time- and voltage-dependence of the
conductance were further explored using a fixed-gap (5 nm) tunneling junction
device that was small enough to trap a single protein molecule at any one time.
Transitions to a high conductance (~ nS) state were observed, the protein being
"on" for times from ms to tenths of a second. The high-conductance states only
occur above ~ 100mV applied bias, and thus are not an equilibrium property of the
protein. Nanoamp two-level signals indicate the specific capture of a single
molecule in an electrode gap functionalized with the ligand. This offers a new
approach to label-free electronic detection of single protein molecules.
Electronic structure calculations yield a distribution of energy level spacings
that is consistent with a recently proposed quantum-critical state for proteins,
in which small fluctuations can drive transitions between localized and band-like
electronic states.