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ArticleNature communications2024

Allosteric nanobodies to study the interactions between SOS1 and RAS.

Baptiste Fischer, Tomasz Uchański, Aidana Sheryazdanova, Simon Gonzalez, Alexander N Volkov, Elke Brosens, Thomas Zögg, Valentina Kalichuk, Steven Ballet, Wim Versées and 4 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Baptiste FischerUniversité de Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, CBMN, UMR 5248, Pessac, France.ORCID 0000-0001-9620-921X
Tomasz UchańskiVIB-VUB Center for Structural Biology, VIB, Pleinlaan 2, Brussels, Belgium.
Aidana SheryazdanovaVIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology, VIB, Herestraat 49, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-6351-3493
Simon GonzalezResearch Group of Organic Chemistry, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, Brussels, Belgium.
Alexander N VolkovVIB-VUB Center for Structural Biology, VIB, Pleinlaan 2, Brussels, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-0103-059X
Elke BrosensVIB-VUB Center for Structural Biology, VIB, Pleinlaan 2, Brussels, Belgium.
Thomas ZöggVIB-VUB Center for Structural Biology, VIB, Pleinlaan 2, Brussels, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-0454-4227
Valentina KalichukVIB-VUB Center for Structural Biology, VIB, Pleinlaan 2, Brussels, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-5101-2007
Steven BalletResearch Group of Organic Chemistry, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, Brussels, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-4123-1641
Wim VerséesVIB-VUB Center for Structural Biology, VIB, Pleinlaan 2, Brussels, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-4695-696X
Anna A SablinaVIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology, VIB, Herestraat 49, Leuven, Belgium.
Els PardonVIB-VUB Center for Structural Biology, VIB, Pleinlaan 2, Brussels, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-2466-0172
Alexandre WohlkönigVIB-VUB Center for Structural Biology, VIB, Pleinlaan 2, Brussels, Belgium.
Jan SteyaertVIB-VUB Center for Structural Biology, VIB, Pleinlaan 2, Brussels, Belgium. jan.steyaert@vub.be.ORCID 0000-0002-3825-874X

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Protein-protein interactions (PPIs) are central in cell metabolism but research tools for the structural and functional characterization of these PPIs are often missing. Here we introduce broadly applicable immunization (Cross-link PPIs and immunize llamas, ChILL) and selection strategies (Display and co-selection, DisCO) for the discovery of diverse nanobodies that either stabilize or disrupt PPIs in a single experiment. We apply ChILL and DisCO to identify competitive, connective, or fully allosteric nanobodies that inhibit or facilitate the formation of the SOS1•RAS complex and modulate the nucleotide exchange rate on this pivotal GTPase in vitro as well as RAS signalling in cellulo. One of these connective nanobodies fills a cavity that was previously identified as the binding pocket for a series of therapeutic lead compounds. The long complementarity-determining region (CDR3) that penetrates this binding pocket serves as pharmacophore for extending the repertoire of potential leads.

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Protein BindingSingle-Domain AntibodiesSOS1 ProteinAllosteric RegulationAnimalsBinding SitesCamelids, New WorldComplementarity Determining RegionsHumansImmunizationModels, Molecularras ProteinsSignal TransductionComplementarity Determining Regionsras ProteinsSingle-Domain AntibodiesSOS1 Protein

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PMID39043660
PMCPMC11266648

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