期刊
PROTEIN ENGINEERING DESIGN & SELECTION
卷 23, 期 5, 页码 403-413出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/protein/gzq012
关键词
circular dichroism spectroscopy; epitope recognition; peptide aptamer; scaffold protein
资金
- BBSRC [BB/F011296/1]
- Leukaemia Research Fund
- AstraZeneca
- White Rose Health Innovation
- BBSRC [BB/F011296/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- MRC [MC_U105359876] Funding Source: UKRI
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [BB/F011296/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- Medical Research Council [MC_U105359876] Funding Source: researchfish
Non-antibody scaffold proteins are used for a range of applications, especially the assessment of protein-protein interactions within human cells. The search for a versatile, robust and biologically neutral scaffold previously led us to design STM (stefin A triple mutant), a scaffold derived from the intracellular protease inhibitor stefin A. Here, we describe five new STM-based scaffold proteins that contain modifications designed to further improve the versatility of our scaffold. In a step-by-step approach, we introduced restriction sites in the STM open reading frame that generated new peptide insertion sites in loop 1, loop 2 and the N-terminus of the scaffold protein. A second restriction site in 'loop 2' allows substitution of the native loop 2 sequence with alternative oligopeptides. None of the amino acid changes interfered significantly with the folding of the STM variants as assessed by circular dichroism spectroscopy. Of the five scaffold variants tested, one (stefin A quadruple mutant, SQM) was chosen as a versatile, stable scaffold. The insertion of epitope tags at varying positions showed that inserts into loop 1, attempted here for the first time, were generally well tolerated. However, N-terminal insertions of epitope tags in SQM had a detrimental effect on protein expression.
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