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标题：Peptide barcoding for one-pot evaluation of sequence–function relationships of nanobodies
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作者：Yusei Matsuzaki ; Wataru Aoki ; Takumi Miyazaki 等
期刊名称：Scientific Reports
电子版ISSN：2045-2322
出版年度：2021
卷号：11
DOI：10.1038/s41598-021-01019-6
语种：English
出版社：Springer Nature
摘要：Optimisation of protein binders relies on laborious screening processes. Investigation of sequence–function relationships of protein binders is particularly slow, since mutants are purified and evaluated individually. Here we developed peptide barcoding, a high-throughput approach for accurate investigation of sequence–function relationships of hundreds of protein binders at once. Our approach is based on combining the generation of a mutagenised nanobody library fused with unique peptide barcodes, the formation of nanobody–antigen complexes at different ratios, their fine fractionation by size-exclusion chromatography and quantification of peptide barcodes by targeted proteomics. Applying peptide barcoding to an anti-GFP nanobody as a model, we successfully identified residues important for the binding affinity of anti-GFP nanobody at once. Peptide barcoding discriminated subtle changes in K D at the order of nM to sub-nM. Therefore, peptide barcoding is a powerful tool for engineering protein binders, enabling reliable one-pot evaluation of sequence–function relationships.