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ArticleNature chemistry2018

Versatile protein recognition by the encoded display of multiple chemical elements on a constant macrocyclic scaffold.

Yizhou Li, Roberto De Luca, Samuele Cazzamalli, Francesca Pretto, Davor Bajic, Jörg Scheuermann, Dario Neri

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Article in Nature chemistry, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers.

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14.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

48 citing papers in PubMed, 142 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Yizhou LiChongqing Key Laboratory of Natural Product Synthesis and Drug Research, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chongqing University, Shapingba, Chongqing, China.ORCID 0000-0003-1650-3780
Roberto De LucaDepartment of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zürich), Zürich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-7519-8689
Samuele CazzamalliDepartment of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zürich), Zürich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-0510-5664
Francesca PrettoPhilochem AG, Otelfingen, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-4353-9650
Davor BajicDepartment of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zürich), Zürich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-4963-2776
Jörg ScheuermannDepartment of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zürich), Zürich, Switzerland. joerg.scheuermann@pharma.ethz.ch.ORCID 0000-0001-7746-4717
Dario NeriDepartment of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zürich), Zürich, Switzerland. dario.neri@pharma.ethz.ch.ORCID 0000-0001-5234-7370
ETH Zurich · CHChongqing University · CNPhilochem (Switzerland) · CH

Funding

European Research Council 670603Swiss National Science Foundation 163479
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In nature, specific antibodies can be generated as a result of an adaptive selection and expansion of lymphocytes with suitable protein binding properties. We attempted to mimic antibody-antigen recognition by displaying multiple chemical diversity elements on a defined macrocyclic scaffold. Encoding of the displayed combinations was achieved using distinctive DNA tags, resulting in a library size of 35,393,112. Specific binders could be isolated against a variety of proteins, including carbonic anhydrase IX, horseradish peroxidase, tankyrase 1, human serum albumin, alpha-1 acid glycoprotein, calmodulin, prostate-specific antigen and tumour necrosis factor. Similar to antibodies, the encoded display of multiple chemical elements on a constant scaffold enabled practical applications, such as fluorescence microscopy procedures or the selective in vivo delivery of payloads to tumours. Furthermore, the versatile structure of the scaffold facilitated the generation of protein-specific chemical probes, as illustrated by photo-crosslinking.

Indexed as

CalmodulinCarbonic Anhydrase IXHorseradish PeroxidaseHumansMacrocyclic CompoundsMicroscopy, FluorescenceOrosomucoidProstate-Specific AntigenSerum Albumin, HumanTankyrasesTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaCalmodulinCarbonic Anhydrase IXHorseradish PeroxidaseMacrocyclic CompoundsOrosomucoidProstate-Specific AntigenSerum Albumin, HumanTankyrasesTNKS protein, humanTumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

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PMID29556050
PMCPMC6044424
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