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Mariah J Austin¹, Hattie C Schunk^1,2, Natalie Ling¹

¹McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 78712, USA. arosales@che.utexas.edu.

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This study introduces a novel sensing system using protease degradation patterns to identify and quantify proteases, overcoming limitations of overlapping substrate specificity for biomarker applications.

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Area of Science:

Biochemistry
Analytical Chemistry
Biomarker Discovery

Background:

Active proteases are crucial in biological processes, but their use as biomarkers is hindered by non-specific substrate interactions.
Overlapping substrate specificity among proteases complicates accurate detection and quantification.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a quantitative pattern-recognition sensing system for protease classification and concentration estimation.
To leverage the inherent feature of overlapping substrate specificity for improved protease analysis.

Main Methods:

Utilized peptide-peptoid hybrid substrates designed to yield distinct degradation patterns for different proteases.
Employed multivariate data analysis to interpret complex degradation patterns.
Developed a quantitative sensing system based on pattern recognition.

Main Results:

Successfully classified different proteases based on their unique substrate degradation profiles.
Accurately estimated protease concentrations using the developed pattern-recognition system.
Demonstrated the utility of overlapping substrate specificity as a basis for protease sensing.

Conclusions:

The developed sensing system effectively overcomes the challenge of overlapping protease substrate specificity.
This approach offers a robust method for quantitative protease analysis and biomarker discovery.
Pattern-recognition based on substrate degradation provides a novel strategy for protease detection.