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Dahlsson Leitao C, Ståhl S, Löfblom J. Bacterial Cell Display for Selection of Affibody Molecules. Methods Mol Biol 2023; 2681:99-112. [PMID: 37405645 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3279-6_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/06/2023]
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This review describes the principles for generation of affibody molecules using bacterial display on the Gram-negative Escherichia coli and the Gram-positive Staphylococcus carnosus, respectively. Affibody molecules are small and robust alternative scaffold proteins that have been explored for therapeutic, diagnostic, and biotechnological applications. They typically exhibit high-stability, affinity, and specificity with high modularity of functional domains. Due to the small size of the scaffold, affibody molecules are rapidly excreted through renal filtration and can efficiently extravasate from blood and penetrate tissues. Preclinical and clinical studies have demonstrated that affibody molecules are promising and safe complements to antibodies for in vivo diagnostic imaging and therapy. Sorting of affibody libraries displayed on bacteria using fluorescence-activated cell sorting is an effective and straightforward methodology and has been used successfully to generate novel affibody molecules with high affinity for a diverse range of molecular targets.
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- Department of Protein Science, KTH - Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Protein Science, KTH - Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Suchsland R, Appel B, Virta P, Müller S. Synthesis of fully protected trinucleotide building blocks on a disulphide-linked soluble support. RSC Adv 2021; 11:3892-3896. [PMID: 35424330 PMCID: PMC8694130 DOI: 10.1039/d0ra10941j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2020] [Accepted: 01/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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In recent years, preparation of fully protected trinucleotide phosphoramidites as synthons for the codon-based synthesis of gene libraries as well as for the assembly of oligonucleotides from blockmers has gained much attention. We here describe the preparation of such trinucleotide synthons on a soluble support using a disulphide linker. Fully protected trinucleotides are synthesized on a tetrapodal soluble support using a disulphide linkage that upon reductive cleavage allows release of the trinucleotide with free 3′-OH group for further conversion to a phosphoramidite.![]()
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- Ruth Suchsland
- University Greifswald
- Institute for Biochemistry
- 17487 Greifswald
- Germany
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- University Greifswald
- Institute for Biochemistry
- 17487 Greifswald
- Germany
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- University of Turku
- Department of Chemistry
- 20014 Turku
- Finland
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- University Greifswald
- Institute for Biochemistry
- 17487 Greifswald
- Germany
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Lindenburg L, Huovinen T, van de Wiel K, Herger M, Snaith MR, Hollfelder F. Split & mix assembly of DNA libraries for ultrahigh throughput on-bead screening of functional proteins. Nucleic Acids Res 2020; 48:e63. [PMID: 32383757 PMCID: PMC7293038 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaa270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2020] [Revised: 04/02/2020] [Accepted: 04/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Site-saturation libraries reduce protein screening effort in directed evolution campaigns by focusing on a limited number of rationally chosen residues. However, uneven library synthesis efficiency leads to amino acid bias, remedied at high cost by expensive custom synthesis of oligonucleotides, or through use of proprietary library synthesis platforms. To address these shortcomings, we have devised a method where DNA libraries are constructed on the surface of microbeads by ligating dsDNA fragments onto growing, surface-immobilised DNA, in iterative split-and-mix cycles. This method-termed SpliMLiB for Split-and-Mix Library on Beads-was applied towards the directed evolution of an anti-IgE Affibody (ZIgE), generating a 160,000-membered, 4-site, saturation library on the surface of 8 million monoclonal beads. Deep sequencing confirmed excellent library balance (5.1% ± 0.77 per amino acid) and coverage (99.3%). As SpliMLiB beads are monoclonal, they were amenable to direct functional screening in water-in-oil emulsion droplets with cell-free expression. A FACS-based sorting of the library beads allowed recovery of hits improved in Kd over wild-type ZIgE by up to 3.5-fold, while a consensus mutant of the best hits provided a 10-fold improvement. With SpliMLiB, directed evolution workflows are accelerated by integrating high-quality DNA library generation with an ultra-high throughput protein screening platform.
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- Laurens Lindenburg
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Rd, Cambridge CB2 1GA, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Rd, Cambridge CB2 1GA, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Rd, Cambridge CB2 1GA, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Rd, Cambridge CB2 1GA, UK
- AstraZeneca Medimmune Cambridge, Antibody Discovery and Protein Engineering, Cambridge, UK
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- AstraZeneca Medimmune Cambridge, Antibody Discovery and Protein Engineering, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Rd, Cambridge CB2 1GA, UK
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Bozovičar K, Bratkovič T. Evolving a Peptide: Library Platforms and Diversification Strategies. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 21:E215. [PMID: 31892275 PMCID: PMC6981544 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21010215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2019] [Revised: 12/22/2019] [Accepted: 12/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Peptides are widely used in pharmaceutical industry as active pharmaceutical ingredients, versatile tools in drug discovery, and for drug delivery. They find themselves at the crossroads of small molecules and proteins, possessing favorable tissue penetration and the capability to engage into specific and high-affinity interactions with endogenous receptors. One of the commonly employed approaches in peptide discovery and design is to screen combinatorial libraries, comprising a myriad of peptide variants of either chemical or biological origin. In this review, we focus mainly on recombinant peptide libraries, discussing different platforms for their display or expression, and various diversification strategies for library design. We take a look at well-established technologies as well as new developments and future directions.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ljubljana, Aškerčeva Cesta 7, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia;
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Molina AG, Sanghvi YS. Liquid-Phase Oligonucleotide Synthesis: Past, Present, and Future Predictions. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2019; 77:e82. [PMID: 30920171 DOI: 10.1002/cpnc.82] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Therapeutic oligonucleotides have emerged as a powerful paradigm with the ability to treat a wide range of the human diseases. As a result, we have witnessed more than one hundred oligonucleotides currently in active clinical trials and eight Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved drugs. Until now, the demand for oligonucleotide-based drugs has been fulfilled by conventional solid-phase synthesis in an effective manner. However, there are products in advanced stages of clinical trials projecting a collective demand of metric ton quantities in the near future. Therefore, large-scale manufacturing of these products has become a high priority for process chemists. This article summarizes the advances in liquid-phase oligonucleotide synthesis (LPOS) as a possible alternative strategy to meet the scale-up challenge. A review of the literature describing major efforts in developing LPOS technologies is presented. Gratifyingly, serious attempts are under way to develop an efficient environmentally benign green chemistry protocol that is scalable and cost effective for the manufacturing of oligonucleotides. A summary of the most innovative LPOS protocols has been included to provide a glimpse of what may be possible in the future for large-scale production of oligonucleotides. © 2019 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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- Alejandro Gimenez Molina
- Nucleic Acid Center, Department of Physics, Chemistry & Pharmacy, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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Suchsland R, Appel B, Müller S. Synthesis of Trinucleotide Building Blocks in Solution and on Solid Phase. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2018; 75:e60. [PMID: 30375750 DOI: 10.1002/cpnc.60] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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We have developed two methods, in solution and on solid phase, that give easy access to trinucleotide phosphoramidites capable of undergoing coupling reactions by the solid-phase phosphoramidite approach. The solution protocol is characterized by application of 5'-O-dimethoxytrityl (DMT) and 3'-O-tert-butyldimethylsilyl (TBDMS) as a pair of orthogonal protecting groups and 2-cyanoethyl (CE) for protection of the phosphate. Starting with suitably functionalized monomers, synthesis proceeds in the 3'- to 5'-direction, delivering the fully protected trinucleotide. The 3'-O-protecting group is cleaved followed by phosphitylation of the free 3'-OH group. The solid-phase protocol is based on standard phosphoramidite chemistry in conjunction with a dithiomethyl linkage connecting the 3'-starting nucleoside to the polymer. The disulfide bridge can be cleaved under neutral conditions for release of the trinucleotide from the support preserving all other protecting groups. © 2018 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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- Ruth Suchsland
- Institute for Biochemistry, University Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Institute for Biochemistry, University Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Institute for Biochemistry, University Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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Suchsland R, Appel B, Müller S. Preparation of trinucleotide phosphoramidites as synthons for the synthesis of gene libraries. Beilstein J Org Chem 2018. [PMID: 29520304 PMCID: PMC5827815 DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.14.28] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The preparation of protein libraries is a key issue in protein engineering and biotechnology. Such libraries can be prepared by a variety of methods, starting from the respective gene library. The challenge in gene library preparation is to achieve controlled total or partial randomization at any predefined number and position of codons of a given gene, in order to obtain a library with a maximum number of potentially successful candidates. This purpose is best achieved by the usage of trinucleotide synthons for codon-based gene synthesis. We here review the strategies for the preparation of fully protected trinucleotides, emphasizing more recent developments for their synthesis on solid phase and on soluble polymers, and their use as synthons in standard DNA synthesis.
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- Ruth Suchsland
- Institut für Biochemie, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald, Felix-Hausdorff-Str. 4, D-17489 Greifswald, Germany
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- Institut für Biochemie, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald, Felix-Hausdorff-Str. 4, D-17489 Greifswald, Germany
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- Institut für Biochemie, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald, Felix-Hausdorff-Str. 4, D-17489 Greifswald, Germany
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Lönnberg H. Synthesis of oligonucleotides on a soluble support. Beilstein J Org Chem 2017; 13:1368-1387. [PMID: 28781703 PMCID: PMC5530625 DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.13.134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2017] [Accepted: 06/19/2017] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Oligonucleotides are usually prepared in lab scale on a solid support with the aid of a fully automated synthesizer. Scaling up of the equipment has allowed industrial synthesis up to kilogram scale. In spite of this, solution-phase synthesis has received continuous interest, on one hand as a technique that could enable synthesis of even larger amounts and, on the other hand, as a gram scale laboratory synthesis without any special equipment. The synthesis on a soluble support has been regarded as an approach that could combine the advantageous features of both the solution and solid-phase syntheses. The critical step of this approach is the separation of the support-anchored oligonucleotide chain from the monomeric building block and other small molecular reagents and byproducts after each coupling, oxidation and deprotection step. The techniques applied so far include precipitation, extraction, chromatography and nanofiltration. As regards coupling, all conventional chemistries, viz. phosphoramidite, H-phosphonate and phosphotriester strategies, have been attempted. While P(III)-based phosphoramidite and H-phosphonate chemistries are almost exclusively used on a solid support, the "outdated" P(V)-based phosphotriester chemistry still offers one major advantage for the synthesis on a soluble support; the omission of the oxidation step simplifies the coupling cycle. Several of protocols developed for the soluble-supported synthesis allow the preparation of both DNA and RNA oligomers of limited length in gram scale without any special equipment, being evidently of interest for research groups that need oligonucleotides in large amounts for research purposes. However, none of them has really tested at such a scale that the feasibility of their industrial use could be critically judged.
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- Harri Lönnberg
- Department of Chemistry, University of Turku, FIN-20014 Turku, Finland
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Armenta S, Moreno-Mendieta S, Sánchez-Cuapio Z, Sánchez S, Rodríguez-Sanoja R. Advances in molecular engineering of carbohydrate-binding modules. Proteins 2017; 85:1602-1617. [PMID: 28547780 DOI: 10.1002/prot.25327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2017] [Revised: 05/04/2017] [Accepted: 05/20/2017] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Carbohydrate-binding modules (CBMs) are non-catalytic domains that are generally appended to carbohydrate-active enzymes. CBMs have a broadly conserved structure that allows recognition of a notable variety of carbohydrates, in both their soluble and insoluble forms, as well as in their alpha and beta conformations and with different types of bonds or substitutions. This versatility suggests a high functional plasticity that is not yet clearly understood, in spite of the important number of studies relating protein structure and function. Several studies have explored the flexibility of these systems by changing or improving their specificity toward substrates of interest. In this review, we examine the molecular strategies used to identify CBMs with novel or improved characteristics. The impact of the spatial arrangement of the functional amino acids of CBMs is discussed in terms of unexpected new functions that are not related to the original biological roles of the enzymes. Proteins 2017; 85:1602-1617. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Silvia Armenta
- Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Mario de la Cueva s/n Ciudad Universitaria, Ciudad de México, 04510, México
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- CONACYT, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Mario de la Cueva s/n Ciudad Universitaria, Ciudad de México, 04510, México
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Mario de la Cueva s/n Ciudad Universitaria, Ciudad de México, 04510, México
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Mario de la Cueva s/n Ciudad Universitaria, Ciudad de México, 04510, México
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Mario de la Cueva s/n Ciudad Universitaria, Ciudad de México, 04510, México
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Ståhl S, Gräslund T, Eriksson Karlström A, Frejd FY, Nygren PÅ, Löfblom J. Affibody Molecules in Biotechnological and Medical Applications. Trends Biotechnol 2017; 35:691-712. [PMID: 28514998 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2017.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 235] [Impact Index Per Article: 33.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2017] [Revised: 04/18/2017] [Accepted: 04/20/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Affibody molecules are small (6.5-kDa) affinity proteins based on a three-helix bundle domain framework. Since their introduction 20 years ago as an alternative to antibodies for biotechnological applications, the first therapeutic affibody molecules have now entered clinical development and more than 400 studies have been published in which affibody molecules have been developed and used in a variety of contexts. In this review, we focus primarily on efforts over the past 5 years to explore the potential of affibody molecules for medical applications in oncology, neurodegenerative, and inflammation disorders, including molecular imaging, receptor signal blocking, and delivery of toxic payloads. In addition, we describe recent examples of biotechnological applications, in which affibody molecules have been exploited as modular affinity fusion partners.
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- Stefan Ståhl
- Division of Protein Technology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-106 91, Stockholm, Sweden.
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- Division of Protein Technology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-106 91, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Unit of Biomedical Radiation Sciences, Uppsala University, SE-751 85 Uppsala, Sweden; Affibody AB, Gunnar Asplunds Allé 24, SE-171 69 Solna, Sweden
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- Division of Protein Technology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-106 91, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Protein Technology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-106 91, Stockholm, Sweden
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Matsuno Y, Shoji T, Kim S, Chiba K. Synthetic Method for Oligonucleotide Block by Using Alkyl-Chain-Soluble Support. Org Lett 2016; 18:800-3. [PMID: 26845521 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.6b00077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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A straightforward method for the synthesis of oligonucleotide blocks using a Cbz-type alkyl-chain-soluble support (Z-ACSS) attached to the 3'-OH group of 3'-terminal nucleosides was developed. The Z-ACSS allowed for the preparation of fully protected deoxyribo- and ribo-oligonucleotides without chromatographic purification and released dimer- to tetramer-size oligonucleotide blocks via hydrogenation using a Pd/C catalyst without significant loss or migration of protective groups such as 5'-end 4,4'-dimethoxtrityl, 2-cyanoethyl on internucleotide bonds, or 2'-TBS.
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- Yuki Matsuno
- Laboratory of Bio-organic Chemistry, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology , 3-5-8 Saiwai-cho, Fuchu, Tokyo 183-8509, Japan
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- Laboratory of Bio-organic Chemistry, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology , 3-5-8 Saiwai-cho, Fuchu, Tokyo 183-8509, Japan
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- Laboratory of Bio-organic Chemistry, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology , 3-5-8 Saiwai-cho, Fuchu, Tokyo 183-8509, Japan
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- Laboratory of Bio-organic Chemistry, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology , 3-5-8 Saiwai-cho, Fuchu, Tokyo 183-8509, Japan
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Kungurtsev V, Lönnberg H, Virta P. Synthesis of protected 2′-O-deoxyribonucleotides on a precipitative soluble support: a useful procedure for the preparation of trimer phosphoramidites. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra22316h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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A straightforward procedure for the preparation of protected 2′-O-deoxyribonucleotide trimers, using the phosphotriester chemistry on a precipitative soluble support, was described.
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- V. Kungurtsev
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Turku
- FI-20014 Turku
- Finland
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Turku
- FI-20014 Turku
- Finland
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Turku
- FI-20014 Turku
- Finland
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Popova B, Schubert S, Bulla I, Buchwald D, Kramer W. A Robust and Versatile Method of Combinatorial Chemical Synthesis of Gene Libraries via Hierarchical Assembly of Partially Randomized Modules. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0136778. [PMID: 26355961 PMCID: PMC4565649 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0136778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2015] [Accepted: 08/08/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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A major challenge in gene library generation is to guarantee a large functional size and diversity that significantly increases the chances of selecting different functional protein variants. The use of trinucleotides mixtures for controlled randomization results in superior library diversity and offers the ability to specify the type and distribution of the amino acids at each position. Here we describe the generation of a high diversity gene library using tHisF of the hyperthermophile Thermotoga maritima as a scaffold. Combining various rational criteria with contingency, we targeted 26 selected codons of the thisF gene sequence for randomization at a controlled level. We have developed a novel method of creating full-length gene libraries by combinatorial assembly of smaller sub-libraries. Full-length libraries of high diversity can easily be assembled on demand from smaller and much less diverse sub-libraries, which circumvent the notoriously troublesome long-term archivation and repeated proliferation of high diversity ensembles of phages or plasmids. We developed a generally applicable software tool for sequence analysis of mutated gene sequences that provides efficient assistance for analysis of library diversity. Finally, practical utility of the library was demonstrated in principle by assessment of the conformational stability of library members and isolating protein variants with HisF activity from it. Our approach integrates a number of features of nucleic acids synthetic chemistry, biochemistry and molecular genetics to a coherent, flexible and robust method of combinatorial gene synthesis.
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- Blagovesta Popova
- Department Molecular Microbiology and Genetics, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
- Department Molecular Genetics and Preparative Molecular Biology, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department Molecular Genetics and Preparative Molecular Biology, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
- Department Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, University Medical Center, Göttingen, Germany
- Information Network of Departments of Dermatology (IVDK), Göttingen, Germany
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- Theoretical Biology and Biophysics, Group T-6, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States of America
- Institute for Mathematics and Informatics, Universität Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
- Department Bioinformatics, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department Bioinformatics, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
- Neurobiology Laboratory, German Primate Center GmbH, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department Molecular Genetics and Preparative Molecular Biology, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
- Department Molecular Genetics, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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Library construction, selection and modification strategies to generate therapeutic peptide-based modulators of protein-protein interactions. Future Med Chem 2015; 6:2073-92. [PMID: 25531969 DOI: 10.4155/fmc.14.134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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In the modern age of proteomics, vast numbers of protein-protein interactions (PPIs) are being identified as causative agents in pathogenesis, and are thus attractive therapeutic targets for intervention. Although traditionally regarded unfavorably as druggable agents relative to small molecules, peptides in recent years have gained considerable attention. Their previous dismissal had been largely due to the susceptibility of unmodified peptides to the barriers and pressures exerted by the circulation, immune system, proteases, membranes and other stresses. However, recent advances in high-throughput peptide isolation techniques, as well as a huge variety of direct modification options and approaches to allow targeted delivery, mean that peptides and their mimetics can now be designed to circumvent many of these traditional barriers. As a result, an increasing number of peptide-based drugs are reaching clinical trials and patients beyond.
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Abramova TV, Morozova OB, Silnikov VN, Yurkovskaya AV. Synthesis of nucleotide-amino acid conjugates designed for photo-CIDNP experiments by a phosphotriester approach. Beilstein J Org Chem 2013; 9:2898-909. [PMID: 24367455 PMCID: PMC3869286 DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.9.326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2013] [Accepted: 11/15/2013] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Conjugates of 2’-deoxyguanosine, L-tryptophan and benzophenone designed to study pathways of fast radical reactions by the photo Chemically Induced Dynamic Nuclear Polarization (photo-CIDNP) method were obtained by the phosphotriester block liquid phase synthesis. The phosphotriester approach to the oligonucleotide synthesis was shown to be a versatile and economic strategy for preparing the required amount of high quality samples of nucleotide–amino acid conjugates.
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- Tatyana V Abramova
- Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, SB RAS, Lavrent'ev Ave, 8, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia ; Novosibirsk State University, Pirogova St. 2, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Novosibirsk State University, Pirogova St. 2, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia ; International Tomography Center, SB RAS, Institutskaya 3a, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, SB RAS, Lavrent'ev Ave, 8, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Novosibirsk State University, Pirogova St. 2, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia ; International Tomography Center, SB RAS, Institutskaya 3a, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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Gaytán P, Roldán-Salgado A. Elimination of redundant and stop codons during the chemical synthesis of degenerate oligonucleotides. Combinatorial testing on the chromophore region of the red fluorescent protein mKate. ACS Synth Biol 2013; 2:453-62. [PMID: 23654278 DOI: 10.1021/sb3001326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
Although some strategies have been reported for the elimination of stop and redundant codons during the chemical synthesis of degenerate oligonucleotides, incorporating an expensive cocktail of 20 trimer-phosphoramidites is currently a commonly employed and straightforward approach. As an alternative option, we describe here a cheaper strategy based on standard monomer-phosphoramidites and a simplified resin-splitting procedure. The accurate division of the resin, containing the growing oligonucleotide, into four columns represents the key step in this approach. The synthesis of the degenerate codon NDT in column 1, loaded with 60% of the resin, produces 12 codons, while a degenerate codon VMA in column 2, loaded with 30% of the resin, produces 6 codons. Codons ATG and TGG, independently synthesized in columns 3 and 4, respectively, and loaded with 5% each, completes the 20 different codons. The experimental frequency of each mutant codon in the library was assessed by randomizing 12 contiguous codons that encode for amino acids located in the chromophore region of the enhanced red fluorescent protein mKate-S158A. Furthermore, randomization of three contiguous codons that encode for the amino acids Phe62, Met63, and Tyr64, which are equivalent to Phe64, Ser65, and Tyr66 in GFP, gave rise to some red and golden yellow fluorescent mutants displaying interesting phenotypes and spectroscopic properties. The absorption and emission spectra of two of these mutants also suggested that the complete maturation of the red and golden yellow chromophores in mKate proceeds via the formation of a green-type chromophore and a cyan-type chromophore, respectively.
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Affiliation(s)
- Paul Gaytán
- Instituto de Biotecnología-Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ap. Postal 510-3 Cuernavaca, Morelos 62250, México.
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Ruff AJ, Dennig A, Schwaneberg U. To get what we aim for - progress in diversity generation methods. FEBS J 2013; 280:2961-78. [DOI: 10.1111/febs.12325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2013] [Revised: 04/23/2013] [Accepted: 04/25/2013] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Anna J. Ruff
- Lehrstuhl für Biotechnologie; RWTH Aachen University; Germany
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Abramova T. Frontiers and approaches to chemical synthesis of oligodeoxyribonucleotides. Molecules 2013; 18:1063-75. [PMID: 23322070 PMCID: PMC6269945 DOI: 10.3390/molecules18011063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2012] [Revised: 01/09/2013] [Accepted: 01/11/2013] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
Abstract
The advantages and disadvantages of existing approaches to the synthesis of oligodeoxyribonucleotides (ODN) are discussed focusing on large-scale methods. The liquid phase and solid supported synthesis and the synthesis on soluble polymers are discussed. Different problems concerning the methods and implementation of the ODN synthesis are outlined depending on goals of using target oligomers.
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- Tatyana Abramova
- Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Lavrent'ev Ave, 8, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia.
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