Patent ID: 10421998

Abstract:
Provided are polynucleotide constructs useful in a nanopore analysis using enzyme activity. The polynucleotide constructs include a strand portion of interest to be analyzed in the nanopore analysis and having a 5′ end and a 3′ end, and a folded sequence located 3′ or 5′ of and adjacent to an end of the strand portion of interest, where the folded sequence can block the activity of a processive enzyme. In some embodiments, the polynucleotide constructs further include an enzyme binding sequence located 3′ of and adjacent to an end of the folded sequence, and an enzyme displacement sequence located 5′ of the strand portion of interest. Such polynucleotide constructs further include a threading sequence located 5′ of the enzyme displacement sequence and at a 5′ terminal end of the polynucleotide construct, where the processive enzyme has a processive activity in a direction from 3′ to 5′ on the polynucleotide construct.