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ArticleNucleic acids research2023

Click display: a rapid and efficient in vitro protein display method for directed evolution.

Yu Zeng, Michael Woolley, Karuppiah Chockalingam, Benjamin Thomas, Srishtee Arora, Magnus Hook, Zhilei Chen

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 12 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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yu ZengDepartment of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, Bryan, TX 77807, USA.
Michael WoolleyDepartment of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, Bryan, TX 77807, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4496-5918
Karuppiah ChockalingamDepartment of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, Bryan, TX 77807, USA.
Benjamin ThomasInterdisciplinary Graduate Program in Genetics and Genomics, Texas A&M University, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Srishtee AroraCenter for Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Magnus HookCenter for Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Zhilei ChenDepartment of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, Bryan, TX 77807, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0244-3556
Texas A&M Health Science Center · USTexas A&M University · US

Funding

Artificial Ecology Sink as prophylaxis against viral infectionDP2AI136600 · NIAID · TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CTR · PI CHEN, ZHILEI · 2017 to 2017
$2.2M
Oral Protein Therapeutics Against C. difficile Associated ColitisR56AI155917 · NIAID · TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CTR · PI CHEN, ZHILEI, SORG, JOE · 2021 to 2021
$748k
A Novel Technology for Engineering Binders to Membrane ProteinsR21GM138811 · NIGMS · TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CTR · PI CHEN, ZHILEI · 2020 to 2021
$416k
NIAID NIH HHS DP2 AI136600NIAID NIH HHS R56 AI155917NIGMS NIH HHS R21 GM138811NIH HHS DP2AI12676
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We describe a novel method for in vitro protein display-click display-that does not depend on maintaining RNA integrity during biopanning and yields covalently linked protein-cDNA complexes from double-stranded input DNA within 2 h. The display is achieved in a one-pot format encompassing transcription, translation and reverse transcription reactions in series. Stable linkage between proteins and the encoding cDNA is mediated by a modified DNA linker-ML-generated via a click chemistry reaction between a puromycin-containing oligo and a cDNA synthesis primer. Biopanning of a click-displayed mock library coupled with next-generation sequencing analysis revealed >600-fold enrichment of target binders within a single round of panning. A synthetic library of Designed Ankyrin Repeat Proteins (DARPins) with ∼1012 individual members was generated using click display in a 25-μl reaction and six rounds of library panning against a model protein yielded a panel of nanomolar binders. This study establishes click display as a powerful tool for protein binder discovery/engineering and provides a convenient platform for in vitro biopanning selection even in RNase-rich environments such as on whole cells.

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Directed Molecular EvolutionPeptide LibraryDNADNA, ComplementaryProtein EngineeringProteinsDNADNA, ComplementaryPeptide LibraryProteins

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PMID37548398
PMCPMC10484664
OpenAlexW4385620725

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