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ArticleNucleic acids research2019

SAMURAI (Solid-phase Assisted Mutagenesis by Uracil Restriction for Accurate Integration) for antibody affinity maturation and paratope mapping.

Francis Jingxin Hu, Magnus Lundqvist, Mathias Uhlén, Johan Rockberg

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Francis Jingxin HuKTH - Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Protein Science, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden.
Magnus LundqvistKTH - Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Protein Science, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden.
Mathias UhlénKTH - Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Protein Science, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden.
Johan RockbergKTH - Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Protein Science, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden.
KTH Royal Institute of Technology · SEScience for Life Laboratory · SE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mutagenesis libraries are essential for combinatorial protein engineering. Despite improvements in gene synthesis and directed mutagenesis, current methodologies still have limitations regarding the synthesis of complete antibody single-chain variable fragment (scFv) genes and simultaneous diversification of all six CDRs. Here, we describe the generation of mutagenesis libraries for antibody affinity maturation using a cell-free solid-phase technique for annealing of single-strand mutagenic oligonucleotides. The procedure consists of PCR-based incorporation of uracil into a wild-type template, bead-based capture, elution of single-strand DNA, and in vitro uracil excision enzyme based degradation of the template DNA. Our approach enabled rapid (8 hours) mutagenesis and automated cloning of 50 position-specific alanine mutants for mapping of a scFv antibody paratope. We further exemplify our method by generating affinity maturation libraries with diversity introduced in critical, nonessential, or all CDR positions randomly. Assessment with Illumina deep sequencing showed less than 1% wild-type in two libraries and the ability to diversify all CDR positions simultaneously. Selections of the libraries with bacterial display and deep sequencing evaluation of the selection output showed that diversity introduced in non-essential positions allowed for a more effective enrichment of improved binders compared to the other two diversification strategies.

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Antibody AffinityMutagenesis, Site-DirectedBinding Sites, AntibodyCloning, MolecularDNA Restriction EnzymesEpitope MappingHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingMutant ProteinsPeptide LibraryProtein EngineeringSingle-Chain AntibodiesSolid-Phase Synthesis TechniquesStaphylococcusSynthetic BiologyUracilDNA Restriction EnzymesMutant ProteinsPeptide LibrarySingle-Chain AntibodiesUracil

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PMID30715449
PMCPMC6451119
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