Evidence map›Paper›PMID 34621006›Full record

ArticleCommunications biology2021

ssDNA recombineering boosts in vivo evolution of nanobodies displayed on bacterial surfaces.

Yamal Al-Ramahi, Akos Nyerges, Yago Margolles, Lidia Cerdán, Gyorgyi Ferenc, Csaba Pál, Luis Ángel Fernández, Víctor de Lorenzo

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Communications biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Nanobody-based analysis of RhoGTPase stress response inBiotechnology reports (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2026
    Article
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Engineering Tropism ofACS synthetic biology · 2021
    Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Yamal Al-RamahiSystems and Synthetic Biology Department, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), Campus de Cantoblanco, Madrid, 28049, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-3276-0894
Akos NyergesSynthetic and Systems Biology Unit, Institute of Biochemistry, Biological Research Centre, Szeged, H-6726, Hungary.ORCID 0000-0002-1581-490X
Yago MargollesDepartment of Microbial Biotechnology, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), Campus de Cantoblanco, Madrid, 28049, Spain.
Lidia CerdánDepartment of Microbial Biotechnology, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), Campus de Cantoblanco, Madrid, 28049, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-4938-5848
Gyorgyi FerencSynthetic and Systems Biology Unit, Institute of Biochemistry, Biological Research Centre, Szeged, H-6726, Hungary.
Csaba PálSynthetic and Systems Biology Unit, Institute of Biochemistry, Biological Research Centre, Szeged, H-6726, Hungary.ORCID 0000-0002-5187-9903
Luis Ángel FernándezDepartment of Microbial Biotechnology, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), Campus de Cantoblanco, Madrid, 28049, Spain. lafdez@cnb.csic.es.ORCID 0000-0001-5920-0638
Víctor de LorenzoSystems and Synthetic Biology Department, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), Campus de Cantoblanco, Madrid, 28049, Spain. vdlorenzo@cnb.csic.es.ORCID 0000-0002-6041-2731
Centro Nacional de Biotecnología · ESHUN-REN Szegedi Biológiai Kutatóközpont · HUHarvard University · US

Funding

EC | Horizon 2020 Framework Programme (EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020) FET Open 965018- BIOCELLPHEEC | Horizon 2020 Framework Programme (EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020) H2020-BIO-CN-2019-870294EC | Horizon 2020 Framework Programme (EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020) H2020-FET-OPEN-RIA-2017-1-766975EC | Horizon 2020 Framework Programme (EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020) H2020-NMBP-BIO-CSA-2018-820699EC | Horizon 2020 Framework Programme (EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020) H2020-NMBP-TR-IND/H2020-NMBP-BIO-2018-814650Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness | Agencia Estatal de Investigación (Spanish Agencia Estatal de Investigación) BIO2017-89081-RMinistry of Economy and Competitiveness | Agencia Estatal de Investigación (Spanish Agencia Estatal de Investigación) PIE-RDL-COVID-19
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

ssDNA recombineering has been exploited to hyperdiversify genomically-encoded nanobodies displayed on the surface of Escherichia coli for originating new binding properties. As a proof-of-principle a nanobody recognizing the antigen TirM from enterohaemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) was evolved towards the otherwise not recognized TirM antigen from enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC). To this end, E. coli cells displaying this nanobody fused to the intimin outer membrane-bound domain were subjected to multiple rounds of mutagenic oligonucleotide recombineering targeting the complementarity determining regions (CDRs) of the cognate VHH gene sequence. Binders to the EPEC-TirM were selected upon immunomagnetic capture of bacteria bearing active variants and nanobodies identified with a new ability to strongly bind the new antigen. The results highlight the power of combining evolutionary properties of bacteria in vivo with oligonucleotide synthesis in vitro for the sake of focusing diversification to specific segments of a gene (or protein thereof) of interest.

Indexed as

Antibodies, BacterialDNA, BacterialDNA, Single-StrandedEscherichia coliSingle-Domain AntibodiesAntibodies, BacterialDNA, BacterialDNA, Single-StrandedSingle-Domain Antibodies

Identifiers

PMID34621006
PMCPMC8497518
OpenAlexW3203231179

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.