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Yang SH, Chung WJ, McFarland S, Lee SW. Assembly of bacteriophage into functional materials. CHEM REC 2012; 13:43-59. [PMID: 23280916 DOI: 10.1002/tcr.201200012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2012] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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For the last decade, the fabrication of ordered structures of phage has been of great interest as a means of utilizing the outstanding biochemical properties of phage in developing useful materials. Combined with other organic/inorganic substances, it has been demonstrated that phage is a superior building block for fabricating various functional devices, such as the electrode in lithium-ion batteries, photovoltaic cells, sensors, and cell-culture supports. Although previous research has expanded the utility of phage when combined with genetic engineering, most improvements in device functionality have relied upon increases in efficiency owing to the compact, more densely packable unit size of phage rather than on the unique properties of the ordered nanostructures themselves. Recently, self-templating methods, which control both thermodynamic and kinetic factors during the deposition process, have opened up new routes to exploiting the ordered structural properties of hierarchically organized phage architectures. In addition, ordered phage films have exhibited unexpected functional properties, such as structural color and optical filtering. Structural colors or optical filtering from phage films can be used for optical phage-based sensors, which combine the structural properties of phage with target-specific binding motifs on the phage-coat proteins. This self-templating method may contribute not only to practical applications, but also provide insight into the fundamental study of biomacromolecule assembly in in vivo systems under complicated and dynamic conditions.
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- Sung Ho Yang
- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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Freckleton G, Lippman SI, Broach JR, Tavazoie S. Microarray profiling of phage-display selections for rapid mapping of transcription factor-DNA interactions. PLoS Genet 2009; 5:e1000449. [PMID: 19360118 PMCID: PMC2659770 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2008] [Accepted: 03/10/2009] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Modern computational methods are revealing putative transcription-factor (TF) binding sites at an extraordinary rate. However, the major challenge in studying transcriptional networks is to map these regulatory element predictions to the protein transcription factors that bind them. We have developed a microarray-based profiling of phage-display selection (MaPS) strategy that allows rapid and global survey of an organism's proteome for sequence-specific interactions with such putative DNA regulatory elements. Application to a variety of known yeast TF binding sites successfully identified the cognate TF from the background of a complex whole-proteome library. These factors contain DNA-binding domains from diverse families, including Myb, TEA, MADS box, and C2H2 zinc-finger. Using MaPS, we identified Dot6 as a trans-active partner of the long-predicted orphan yeast element Polymerase A & C (PAC). MaPS technology should enable rapid and proteome-scale study of bi-molecular interactions within transcriptional networks. Specific interactions between protein transcription factors (TFs) and their DNA recognition sites are central to the regulation of gene expression. Inter-species conservation of these TF binding sites (TFBS), and their statistical enrichment in sets of co-expressed genes, facilitates their large-scale prediction through computational sequence analysis. A major challenge in characterizing these putative TFBS is the identification of the proteins that bind them. We have developed a new approach to this problem by expressing random genomically encoded protein fragments as fusions to the capsid of bacteriophage T7. We select this diverse phage-display “library” for binding surface-immobilized instances of the TFBS in the form of short double-stranded DNA. This in vitro selection strategy leads to the enrichment of phage whose capsid-fusion peptides interact with the specific DNA sequence. Because each phage carries the DNA encoding the peptide fusion, the identity of the enriched phage can be determined through population-level PCR amplification of DNA inserts and their hybridization to DNA microarrays. Here, we show that this technology efficiently reveals the identity of proteins that bind known and novel predicted regulatory elements. Its application to a predicted yeast element (PAC) reveals Dot6 as one of its interaction partners, both in vitro and within the yeast nucleus.
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- Gordon Freckleton
- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America
- The Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America
- The Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America
- The Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America
- The Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America
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Identification and rational redesign of peptide ligands to CRIP1, a novel biomarker for cancers. PLoS Comput Biol 2008; 4:e1000138. [PMID: 18670594 PMCID: PMC2453235 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2008] [Accepted: 06/22/2008] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Cysteine-rich intestinal protein 1 (CRIP1) has been identified as a novel marker for early detection of cancers. Here we report on the use of phage display in combination with molecular modeling to identify a high-affinity ligand for CRIP1. Panning experiments using a circularized C7C phage library yielded several consensus sequences with modest binding affinities to purified CRIP1. Two sequence motifs, A1 and B5, having the highest affinities for CRIP1, were chosen for further study. With peptide structure information and the NMR structure of CRIP1, the higher-affinity A1 peptide was computationally redesigned, yielding a novel peptide, A1M, whose affinity was predicted to be much improved. Synthesis of the peptide and saturation and competitive binding studies demonstrated approximately a 10–28-fold improvement in the affinity of A1M compared to that of either A1 or B5 peptide. These techniques have broad application to the design of novel ligand peptides. Breast cancer is one of the most frequently diagnosed malignancies in American females and is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in women. Several improvements in diagnostic protocols have enhanced our ability for earlier detection of breast cancer, resulting in improvement of therapeutic outcome and an increased survival rate for breast cancer patients. However, current early screening techniques are neither comprehensive nor infallible. Imaging techniques that improve breast cancer detection, localization, and evaluation of therapy are essential in combating the disease. Cysteine-rich intestinal protein 1 (CRIP1) has been identified as a novel marker for early detection of breast cancers. Here, we report the use of phage display and computational molecular modeling to identify a high-affinity ligand for CRIP1. Phage display panning experiments initially identified consensus peptide sequences with modest binding affinity to purified CRIP1. Using ab initio modeling of binding peptide structures, computational docking, and recently developed free energy estimation protocols, we redesigned the peptides to increase their affinity for CRIP1. Synthesis of the redesigned peptide and binding studies demonstrated approximately a 10–28-fold improvement in the binding affinity. The combination of computational and experimental techniques in this study demonstrates a potentially powerful tool in modulating protein–protein interactions.
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Xiao Y, Zhou Y, Wang J, Yu M, Wang G, Jin J, Xiao J. Selection and identification of human Gonadotropin-releasing hormone promoter binding peptides by phage display-CEMSA. J Mol Recognit 2007; 20:51-7. [PMID: 17136792 DOI: 10.1002/jmr.811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Specific interactions between transcription factors and cis-acting DNA sequences form the molecular basis of gene expression regulation. Here, we applied phage display technology to DNA-protein interaction studies. A phage-displayed peptide library was used to select Gonadotropin-releasing hormone promoter (GP) binding peptides. After four sequential rounds of biopanning on GP-conjugated magnetic beads, phage clones encoding GQPTPRNAGLPL (B6), SRLNVEPLTTYS (B3), and TTLHWASLTTGR (B11) were enriched. Phages bearing these peptides showed specific binding to GP in solution by capillary electrophoresis mobility shift assay (CEMSA). In addition, some human transcription factors were speculated as the potential transcription factors or co-activators of GnRH gene by bioinformatic analysis. These results suggest that phage display-CEMSA methodology should be a powerful tool to screen and identify site-specific DNA-binding peptides.
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- Yichuan Xiao
- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, People's Republic of China
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Hubner B, Korn K, Förster HH, Hahn U. Display Of Ribonuclease T1 On The Surface Of Bacteriophage M13. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006. [DOI: 10.1080/07328319708002941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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- Bernd Hubner
- a Institut für Biochemie, Fakultät für Biowissenschaften, Pharmazie und Psychologie, Universität Leipzig , Talstr. 33, 04103, Leipzig , FRG
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- a Institut für Biochemie, Fakultät für Biowissenschaften, Pharmazie und Psychologie, Universität Leipzig , Talstr. 33, 04103, Leipzig , FRG
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- a Institut für Biochemie, Fakultät für Biowissenschaften, Pharmazie und Psychologie, Universität Leipzig , Talstr. 33, 04103, Leipzig , FRG
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- a Institut für Biochemie, Fakultät für Biowissenschaften, Pharmazie und Psychologie, Universität Leipzig , Talstr. 33, 04103, Leipzig , FRG
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Krag DN, Shukla GS, Shen GP, Pero S, Ashikaga T, Fuller S, Weaver DL, Burdette-Radoux S, Thomas C. Selection of Tumor-binding Ligands in Cancer Patients with Phage Display Libraries. Cancer Res 2006; 66:7724-33. [PMID: 16885375 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-05-4441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 145] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Phage display has been used extensively in vitro and in animal models to generate ligands and to identify cancer-relevant targets. We report here the use of phage-display libraries in cancer patients to identify tumor-targeting ligands. Eight patients with stage IV cancer, including breast, melanoma, and pancreas, had phage-displayed random peptide or scFv library (1.6 x 10(8)-1 x 10(11) transducing units/kg) administered i.v.; tumors were excised after 30 minutes; and tumor-homing phage were recovered. In three patients, repeat panning was possible using phage recovered and amplified from that same patient's tumor. No serious side effects, including allergic reactions, were observed with up to three infusions. Patients developed antiphage antibodies that reached a submaximal level within the 10-day protocol window for serial phage administration. Tumor phage were recoverable from all the patients. Using a filter-based ELISA, several clones from a subset of the patients were identified that bound to a tumor from the same patient in which clones were recovered. The clone-binding to tumor was confirmed by immunostaining, bioassay, and real-time PCR-based methods. Binding studies with noncancer and cancer cell lines of the same histology showed specificity of the tumor-binding clones. Analysis of insert sequences of tumor-homing peptide clones showed several motifs, indicating nonrandom accumulation of clones in human tumors. This is the first reported series of cancer patients to receive phage library for serial panning of tumor targeting ligands. The lack of toxicity and the ability to recover clones with favorable characteristics are a first step for further research with this technology in cancer patients.
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- David N Krag
- Department of Surgery and Vermont Cancer Center, University of Vermont College of Medicine, E309 89 Beaumont Avenue, Burlington, VT 05405, USA
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Uchiyama F, Tanaka Y, Minari Y, Tokui N. Designing scaffolds of peptides for phage display libraries. J Biosci Bioeng 2005; 99:448-56. [PMID: 16233816 DOI: 10.1263/jbb.99.448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2005] [Accepted: 03/02/2005] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Phage display is a powerful method for the discovery of peptide ligands that are used for analytical tools, drug discovery, and target validations. Phage display technology can produce a huge number of peptides and generate novel peptide ligands. Recently, phage display technology has successfully managed to create peptide ligands that bind to pharmaceutically difficult targets such as the erythropoietin receptor. As a result of the structural analysis of their ligands, we found that the conformational design of peptides in library is important for selecting high-affinity ligands that bind to every target from a phage peptide library. Key issues concern constraints on the conformation of peptides on the phage and the development of chemically synthesized peptides derived from peptides on phage. This review discusses studies related to the conformation of peptides selected from phage display peptide libraries in addition to the conversion from peptides to non-peptides.
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- Fumiaki Uchiyama
- Department of Nutritional Sciences, Graduate School of Nutritional Sciences, Nakamura Gakuen University, 5-7-1 Befu, Jounan-Ku, Fukuoka 814-0198, Japan.
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Kim RJ, Moine S, Reese DK, Bullock PA. Peptides containing cyclin/Cdk-nuclear localization signal motifs derived from viral initiator proteins bind to DNA when unphosphorylated. J Virol 2002; 76:11785-92. [PMID: 12414920 PMCID: PMC136914 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.76.23.11785-11792.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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A single phosphorylation event at T-antigen residue Thr124 regulates initiation of simian virus 40 DNA replication. To explore this regulatory process, a series of peptides were synthesized, centered on Thr124. These peptides contain a nuclear localization signal (NLS) and a recognition site for cyclin/Cdk kinases. When unphosphorylated, the "CDK/NLS" peptides inhibit T-antigen assembly and bind non-sequence specifically to DNA. However, these activities are greatly reduced upon phosphorylation of Thr124. Similar results were obtained by using peptides derived from the CDK/NLS region of bovine papillomavirus E1. Related studies indicate that residues in the NLS bind to DNA, whereas those in the CDK motif regulate binding. These findings are discussed in terms of the control of T-antigen double hexamer assembly and initiation of viral replication.
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- Ronald J Kim
- Department of Biochemistry, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA
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- M Dani
- TECNOGEN SCpA, Piana di Monte Verna (CE), Italy
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- M Dani
- TECNOGEN SCpA, Piana di Monte Verna (CE), Italy
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Once the sequence of a genome is in hand, understanding the function of its encoded proteins becomes a task of paramount importance. Much like the biochemists who first outlined different biochemical pathways, many genomic scientists are engaged in determining which proteins interact with which proteins, thereby establishing a protein interaction network. While these interactions have evolved in regard to their specificity, affinity and cellular function over billions of years, it is possible in the laboratory to isolate peptides from combinatorial libraries that bind to the same proteins with similar specificity, affinity and primary structures, which resemble those of the natural interacting proteins. We have termed this phenomenon 'convergent evolution'. In this review, we highlight various examples of convergent evolution that have been uncovered in experiments dissecting protein-protein interactions with combinatorial peptides. Thus, a fruitful approach for mapping protein-protein interactions is to isolate peptide ligands to a target protein and identify candidate interacting proteins in a sequenced genome by computer analysis.
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- B K Kay
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI 53706-1532, USA.
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Messmer BT, Benham CJ, Thaler DS. Sequential determination of ligands binding to discrete components in heterogeneous mixtures by iterative panning and blocking (IPAB). J Mol Biol 2000; 296:821-32. [PMID: 10677284 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.3487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Biopanning has been used extensively in conjunction with purified components, but there are also examples in which mixtures of targets have been investigated. This study introduces a methodological innovation, termed iterative panning and blocking (IPAB), to extend the range of specific interactions that can be probed in mixtures. Here this procedure is used to probe a mixture of high molecular mass components of human cord blood with phage-peptide display libraries. The initial panning recovered phage that bore the consensus motif Gly-Pro-Arg-Pro, a known fibrinogen-binding motif. These phage bound specifically to purified fibrinogen. A series of peptides containing the Gly-Pro-Arg-Pro motif efficiently blocked the binding of phage having the same motif, presumably by binding to their common target. A second round of panning was performed against the same target mixture in the presence of this blocking peptide. Phage recovered from this second panning exhibited a motif (Ser-His-Tyr) that was subsequently shown to bind specifically to complement component C1q. A second peptide containing this motif specifically blocked the interaction of the phage with C1q. A third round of panning performed in the presence of both the fibrinogen- and the C1q- blocking peptides yielded phage with a new peptide motif (Asn-Pro-Phe) that also bound specifically to C1q, apparently at a new site. The three motifs isolated through this iterative process were distinct in that each was blocked only by its corresponding peptide. This IPAB strategy can be applied to many high diversity selection procedures that target complex mixtures.
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- B T Messmer
- Sackler Laboratory of Molecular Genetics and Informatics, Rockefeller University, 1230 York Ave, New York, NY, 10021-6399, USA.
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Ichiyama K, Ishikawa D, Tanaka Y, Kashiwa T, Koyanagi Y, Handa S, Yamashita A, Fukushi M, Yamamoto N, Taki T. Epitope mapping of rat neutralizing monoclonal antibody against human immunodeficiency virus type-1 by a phage peptide library: comparison with ELISA using synthetic peptides. Viral Immunol 1999; 12:57-66. [PMID: 10333243 DOI: 10.1089/vim.1999.12.57] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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We generated a rat monoclonal antibody (mAb W#10) with the ability to neutralize human immunodeficiency virus type 1IIIB (HIV-1IIIB) infection. The epitope recognized by mAb W#10 was defined as R-I-Q-R-G-P-G by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) with the use of synthetic peptides. The filamentous phage clones displaying random 15-amino-acid peptides on the amino terminus of the pIII coat protein reacting with mAb W#10 were identified with affinity and immunological selection procedures. Thirteen out of 16 selected phage clones contained the G-X-G-R-X-F sequence in the coat protein region representing significant homology to a part of conserved G-P-G-R-A-F sequence in the V3 loop of various HIV-1 strains. In addition, the phage clones included the G-X-G sequence in the sequence detected by synthetic peptides as the recognition site. The selected phage clones were stained by mAb W#10 specifically and were able to compete with mAb binding to cells expressing viral antigens.
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- K Ichiyama
- Department of Microbiology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University School of Medicine, Japan
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Agris PF, Marchbank MT, Newman W, Guenther R, Ingram P, Swallow J, Mucha P, Szyk A, Rekowski P, Peletskaya E, Deutscher SL. Experimental models of protein-RNA interaction: isolation and analyses of tRNA(Phe) and U1 snRNA-binding peptides from bacteriophage display libraries. JOURNAL OF PROTEIN CHEMISTRY 1999; 18:425-35. [PMID: 10449040 DOI: 10.1023/a:1020688609121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Peptides that bind either U1 small nuclear RNA (U1 snRNA) or the anticodon stem and loop of yeast tRNA(Phe) (tRNA(ACPhe)) were selected from a random-sequence, 15-amino acid bacteriophage display library. An experimental system, including an affinity selection method, was designed to identify primary RNA-binding peptide sequences without bias to known amino acid sequences and without incorporating nonspecific binding of the anionic RNA backbone. Nitrocellulose binding assays were used to evaluate the binding of RNA by peptide-displaying bacteriophage. Amino acid sequences of RNA-binding bacteriophage were determined from the foreign insert DNA sequences, and peptides corresponding to the RNA-binding bacteriophage inserts were chemically synthesized. Peptide affinities for the RNAs (Kd approximately 0.1-5.0 microM) were analyzed successfully using fluorescence and circular dichroism spectroscopies. These methodologies demonstrate the feasibility of rapidly identifying, isolating, and initiating the analyses of small peptides that bind to RNAs in an effort to define better the chemistry, structure, and function of protein-RNA complexes.
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- P F Agris
- Department of Biochemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh 27695-7622, USA.
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Boots LJ, McKenna PM, Arnold BA, Keller PM, Gorny MK, Zolla-Pazner S, Robinson JE, Conley AJ. Anti-human immunodeficiency virus type 1 human monoclonal antibodies that bind discontinuous epitopes in the viral glycoproteins can identify mimotopes from recombinant phage peptide display libraries. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 1997; 13:1549-59. [PMID: 9430247 DOI: 10.1089/aid.1997.13.1549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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A phage display library screening approach was used to identify peptide sequences that could bind to anti-HIV-1 MAbs whose binding specificities are complex. Most of the antibodies used recognize discontinuous epitopes in gp120 and one recognizes gp41. Both a 15-mer and a 21-mer display library (each with a complexity of greater than 60 x 10[6]) and two constrained, V3 region-biased libraries, all expressed as recombinant pIII protein of filamentous phage, were used. The unmapped anti-gp120 human MAb A32 recognized a set of related linear sequences and repeatedly identified a single phage sequence that could form a cyclic disulfide structure. Selection methods were also developed so that phage could be obtained by competition selection in the presence of antibody bound to native, monomeric gp120 antigen (used with MAb IgG1b12 and the anti-gp120 V3 region MAb 447-52D) or gp120 variable region 3 synthetic peptides (used with anti-gp120 V3 region MAb 19b). The potent, virus-neutralizing MAb IgG1b12 recognized numerous sequences and, when used in competition with gp120, recognized only one sequence. These studies extend the range of antibody determinant studies that can be performed with display phage libraries, demonstrate a workable experimental strategy for use of competition ligands to discriminate among phage mimotopes, and provide a large number of mimotopes that bind potent virus-neutralizing MAbs for HIV-1 vaccine studies.
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- L J Boots
- Department of Antiviral Research, Merck Research Laboratories, West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, USA
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Cheng X, Boyer JL, Juliano RL. Selection of peptides that functionally replace a zinc finger in the Sp1 transcription factor by using a yeast combinatorial library. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1997; 94:14120-5. [PMID: 9391163 PMCID: PMC28443 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.94.25.14120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/1997] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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We have developed a strategy for the identification of peptides able to functionally replace a zinc finger domain in a transcription factor. This strategy could have important ramifications for basic research on gene regulation and for the development of therapeutic agents. In this study in yeast, we expressed chimeric proteins that included a random peptide combinatorial library in association with two zinc finger domains and a transactivating domain. The library was screened for chimeric proteins capable of activating transcription from a target sequence in the upstream regulatory regions of selectable or reporter genes. In a screen of approximately 1.5 x 10(7) transformants we identified 30 chimeric proteins that exhibited transcriptional activation, some of which were able to discriminate between wild-type and mutant DNA targets. Chimeric library proteins expressed as glutathione S-transferase fusions bound to double-stranded oligonucleotides containing the target sequence, suggesting that the chimeras bind directly to DNA. Surprisingly, none of the peptides identified resembled a zinc finger or other well-known transcription factor DNA binding domain.
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- X Cheng
- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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Collins J. Phage display. ANNUAL REPORTS IN COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR DIVERSITY 1997. [DOI: 10.1007/978-0-306-46904-6_15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/11/2023]
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