Journal
ACS SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY
Volume 9, Issue 12, Pages 3322-3333Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.0c00397
Keywords
light-induced dimerization; nanobody; combinatorial antibody library; bacterial phytochrome; phage display; optogenetics
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Funding
- U.S. National Institutes of Health [R35GM128918]
- Safeway Pilot Award
- University of Washington
- Chinese Ministry of Natural Resources [12110600000018003927]
- Institute for Protein Design summer fellowship
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Protein dimerization systems controlled by red light with increased tissue penetration depth are a highly needed tool for clinical applications such as cell and gene therapies. However, mammalian applications of existing red light-induced dimerization systems are hampered by limitations of their two components: a photosensory protein (or photoreceptor) which often requires a mammalian exogenous chromophore and a naturally occurring photoreceptor binding protein typically having a complex structure and nonideal binding properties. Here, we introduce an efficient, generalizable method (COMBINES-LID) for creating highly specific, reversible light-induced heterodimerization systems independent of any existing binders to a photoreceptor. It involves a two-step binder screen (phage display and yeast two-hybrid) of a combinatorial nanobody library to obtain binders that selectively engage a light-activated form of a photoswitchable protein or domain not the dark form. Proof-of-principle was provided by engineering nanobody-based, red light-induced dimerization (nanoReD) systems comprising a truncated bacterial phytochrome sensory module using a mammalian endogenous chromophore, biliverdin, and light-form specific nanobodies. Selected nanoReD systems were biochemically characterized, exhibiting low dark activity and high induction specificity, and further demonstrated for the reversible control of protein translocation and activation of gene expression in mice. Overall, COMBINES-LID opens new opportunities for creating genetically encoded actuators for the optical manipulation of biological processes.
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