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ArticleACS synthetic biology2023

Hyperstable Synthetic Mini-Proteins as Effective Ligand Scaffolds.

Paul L Blanchard, Brandon J Knick, Sarah A Whelan, Benjamin J Hackel

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Article in ACS synthetic biology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Engineered B7-H3 Binding in Modular Gp2 Miniproteins.Biotechnology and bioengineering · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Paul L BlanchardDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota─Twin Cities, 421 Washington Avenue SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States.
Brandon J KnickDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota─Twin Cities, 421 Washington Avenue SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States.
Sarah A WhelanDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota─Twin Cities, 421 Washington Avenue SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States.
Benjamin J HackelDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota─Twin Cities, 421 Washington Avenue SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-3561-9463

Funding

TRAINING FOR FUTURE BIOTECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENTT32GM008347 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI SCHMIDT-DANNERT, CLAUDIA · 1990 to 2021
$11.0M
Disrupting insulin receptor function in breast cancerR01CA251600 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI YEE, DOUGLAS · 2020 to 2024
$1.7M
Engineering protein developabilityR01GM146372 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI HACKEL, BENJAMIN · 2022 to 2025
$1.4M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA251600NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM146372NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008347
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Small, single-domain protein scaffolds are compelling sources of molecular binding ligands with the potential for efficient physiological transport, modularity, and manufacturing. Yet, mini-proteins require a balance between biophysical robustness and diversity to enable new functions. We tested the developability and evolvability of millions of variants of 43 designed libraries of synthetic 40-amino acid βαββ proteins with diversified sheet, loop, or helix paratopes. We discovered a scaffold library that yielded hundreds of binders to seven targets while exhibiting high stability and soluble expression. Binder discovery yielded 6-122 nM affinities without affinity maturation and

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Peptide LibraryProteinsLigandsLigandsPeptide LibraryProteinsdevelopabilityevolvabilityligand scaffoldsmini-proteinprotein engineering

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PMID38010428
PMCPMC10822706

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