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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Trends Biotechnol. 2018 Sep 10;36(12):1244–1258. doi: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2018.07.004

Table 2. Peptide Biosensors in Gas Sensing.

Peptidea VOCs Support Transducer LDL/measuredb Development Refs
NQLSNLSFSDLC (dORp61) Dog OR – P30955 Trimethylamine (TMA); ammonia; acetic acid; ethyl acetate; methanol Gold Surface Piezoelectric multiarray analyzer OR-based design [57]
ACSDAQVNE (dORp188) Dog OR – P30955 TMA; ammonia; acetic acid; ethyl acetate; methanol; benzene
FLSNLSFSDLC (hORp61) human OR1E1 TMA Gold surface Piezoelectric multiarray analyzer 6.7 Hz OR-based design [58]
FFLLFGC (hORp103) human OR1E1 O-xylene 5.1 Hz
DLESFLC (hORp109) human OR1E1 Ammonia Gold surface/silicon (SiNW) Piezoelectric multiarray analyzer/conductance 11 Hz/100 ppmb [58,59]
RVNEWVIC (hORp193) human OR1E1 Acetic acid Gold surface/silicon (SiNW) Piezoelectric multiarray analyzer/QCM/conductance 28 Hz/3.1 ± 1.2 ppm/100 ppmb [58,59,61]
LHYTTIC (PAC1) dog OR – P30955 Acetic acid; butyric acid Gold surface QCM (multiarray) OR-based design [60]
TIMSPKLC (PAC2) dog OR – P30955 Acetic acid; butyric acid
DLESC (PAM1) human OR1E1 Dimethyl amine
ELPLGCG (PAM2) Acetic acid; dimethylamine
SLMAGTVNKKGEFC (LUSH OBP) 3-methyl-1-butanol; 1-hexanol Gold surface QCM 1–3 ppm OBP-based design [62]
TKCVSLMAGTVNKKGEFFFF (LUSH OBP) 3-methyl-1-butanol CNT Field-effect transistor 1 fM OBP-based design [63]
HSSYWYAFNNKTGGGGWFVI (P1-ASP1C peptide) (honeybee antenna OBP) Trinitrotoluene (TNT) SWCNT Field-effect transistor 12 ppb OBP-based design [65]
WHYQRPLMPVSI (TNT-BP) TNT Gold surface Thermal desorption GC-MS Phage display [66]
HPNFSKYILMPVSI (DNT-BP) 2,4-dinitrotoluene (DNT)
CH3ONH-KMHTASLSQPLMGC-CONH2 (DNT-BP1C) DNT Gold surface QCM liquid phase/microcantilever –/431 ppt Phage display [67,71]
DSWAADIP (GP1) Benzene Gold surface Microcantilever 121 ppb Phage display [68]
DNPIQAVP (GP2) Toluene; xylene; hexane 2.2 ppm (toluene); 28 ppm (xylene); 1 ppm (hexane)
DRNESSVP (BP1) Benzene; toluene
AYSSGAPPMPPF (A3) Acetonitrile; dichloromethane; methyl salicylate Gold nanoparticles Inductor–capacitor– resistor resonators Phage display [81]
NFQGI 2,3.7,8-TCDD (2,3,7,8-tetrachlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin Gold Surfaces QCM 10–20 ppbb Rational design (virtual screening) [72]
NFGGQ
NFQGF
CG 2-propanol; acetone; acetonitrile; butane-2,3-dione; ethanol; ethyl acetate; ethyl butanoate; ethyl octanoate; hex-3-en-1-ol; hexane; isopentylacetate; nonanal; octanal; terpin-4-ol Gold nanoparticles QCM Sensor array (discriminates all tested VOCs) Rational design (virtual screening) [69]/[75]
ECG (glutathione)
CIHNP
CIQPV
CRQVF
IHRIC Terpinen-4-ol > hexane > octanal > nonanal Gold nanoparticles QCM Sensor array (discriminates all tested VOCs) Rational design (virtual screening) [70]
KSDSC Small alcohols (2-propanol; ethanol)
LGFDC Ethanol, 2-propanol; acetone; butane-2,3-dione; ethyl acetate
TGKFC Alcohols (hex-3-en-1-ol; terpinen-4-ol) and aldehydes (nonanal; octanal)
WHVSC Esters (ethyl acetate; ethyl butanoate; ethyl octanoate; isopentyl acetate) and hexane
IHRIC Alcohols (1-butanol; 1-hexanol; 2-methyl-1-propanol; ethanol; hexen-3-en-1-ol) and esters (ethyl acetate; ethyl-methyl-2-butyrate; isopentyl acetate) Zinc oxide nanoparticles QCM Sensor array (discriminates all tested VOCs) Rational design (Virtual screening) [76]
LAWHC
TGKFC
WHVSC
a

Peptide sequences provided as one-letter codes.

b

Indicates when the detected concentration was not the LoD, but the “measured” in that paper.