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. 1995 Jul 3;92(14):6552–6556. doi: 10.1073/pnas.92.14.6552

Alternate protein frameworks for molecular recognition.

J Ku 1, P G Schultz 1
PMCID: PMC41556  PMID: 7604031

Abstract

In an effort to determine whether proteins with structures other than the immunoglobulin fold can be used to mimic the ligand binding properties of antibodies, we generated a library from the four-helix bundle protein cytochrome b562 in which the two loops were randomized. Panning of this library against the bovine serum albumin (BSA) conjugate of N-methyl-p-nitrobenzylamine derivative 1 by phage display methods yielded cytochromes in which residues Trp-20, Arg-21, and Ser-22 in loop A and Arg-83 and Trp-84 in loop B were conserved. The individual mutants, which fold into native-like structure, bind selectively to the BSA-1 conjugate with micromolar dissociation constants (Kd), in comparison to a monoclonal antibody that binds selectively to 1 with a Kd of 290 nM. These and other antibody-like receptors may prove useful as therapeutic agents or as reagents for both intra- and extracellular studies.

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