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ArticleNature protocols2011

Application of isothermal titration calorimetry and column chromatography for identification of biomolecular targets.

Xingding Zhou, R Manjunatha Kini, J Sivaraman

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Article in Nature protocols, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Medicinal chemistry for 2020.Future medicinal chemistry · 2011
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Xingding ZhouDepartment of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
R Manjunatha Kini
J Sivaraman
National University of Singapore · SG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This protocol describes a method for identifying unknown target proteins from a mixture of biomolecules for a given drug or a lead compound. This method is based on a combination of chromatography and isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) where ITC is used as a tracking tool. The first step involves the use of ITC to confirm the binding of ligand to a component in the biomolecular mixture. Subsequently, the biomolecular mixture is fractionated by chromatography, and the binding of the ligand with individual fractions (or subfractions) is verified by ITC. The iteration of chromatographic purification on the fractions combined with ITC results in identifying the target protein. This method is useful when the target protein or ligand is unknown and/or not amenable to labeling, chemical modification or immobilization. This protocol has been successfully used by our team and by others to identify both low-abundance and highly abundant target proteins present in biomolecular mixtures. With this protocol, it takes approximately 3-5 d to identify the target protein from a mixture.

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Binding SitesCalorimetryChemical FractionationChromatography, Ion ExchangeGroup II Phospholipases A2ProteinsReptilian ProteinsSuraminViper Venomsecarpholin SGroup II Phospholipases A2ProteinsReptilian ProteinsSuraminViper Venoms

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PMID21293457
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