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ArticleNature communications2025

Screening macrocyclic peptide libraries by yeast display allows control of selection process and affinity ranking.

Sara Linciano, Ylenia Mazzocato, Zhanna Romanyuk, Filippo Vascon, Lluc Farrera-Soler, Edward Will, Yuyu Xing, Shiyu Chen, Yoichi Kumada, Marta Simeoni and 4 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Computationally Evidence-Grounded Sequence-First Design of Peptide Binders.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  2. Advances in Cyclic Peptides Targeting G Protein-Coupled Receptors.Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology · 2026
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  7. Accurate Identification of Protein Binding Sites for All Drug Modalities Using ALLSites.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  9. Pharmacophore-driven antibody discovery on the yeast surface.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Sara Linciano *Department of Molecular Sciences and Nanosystems, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Via Torino 155, 30172, Venice, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4192-4421
Ylenia Mazzocato *Department of Molecular Sciences and Nanosystems, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Via Torino 155, 30172, Venice, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7905-6098
Zhanna RomanyukDepartment of Molecular Sciences and Nanosystems, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Via Torino 155, 30172, Venice, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3873-3408
Filippo VasconDepartment of Biology, University of Padua, Viale G. Colombo 3, 35131, Padua, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5747-507X
Lluc Farrera-SolerInstitute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, School of Basic Sciences, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3403-6357
Edward WillInstitute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, School of Basic Sciences, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Yuyu XingBiotech Drug Research Center, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 201203, Shanghai, China.
Shiyu ChenBiotech Drug Research Center, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 201203, Shanghai, China.
Yoichi KumadaDepartment of Functional Chemistry and Engineering, Kyoto Institute of Technology, 1 Matsugasaki-Hashikami-Cho, Sakyo-ku, 606-0951, Kyoto, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3296-1319
Marta SimeoniDepartment of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Via Torino 155, 30172, Venice, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2702-3504
Alessandro ScarsoDepartment of Molecular Sciences and Nanosystems, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Via Torino 155, 30172, Venice, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6114-9181
Laura CendronDepartment of Biology, University of Padua, Viale G. Colombo 3, 35131, Padua, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0125-0461
Christian HeinisInstitute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, School of Basic Sciences, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9982-9457
Alessandro AngeliniDepartment of Molecular Sciences and Nanosystems, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Via Torino 155, 30172, Venice, Italy. alessandro.angelini@unive.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5923-3843

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Macrocyclic peptides represent an attractive drug modality due to their favourable properties and amenability to in vitro evolution techniques such as phage or mRNA display. Although very powerful, these technologies are not without limitations. In this work, we address some of their drawbacks by developing a yeast display-based strategy to generate, screen and characterise structurally diverse disulfide-cyclised peptides. The use of quantitative flow cytometry enables real-time monitoring of the screening of millions of individual macrocyclic peptides, leading to the identification of ligands with good binding properties to five different protein targets. X-ray analysis of a selected ligand in complex with its target reveals optimal shape complementarity and extensive surface interaction, explaining its exquisite affinity and selectivity. The yeast display-based approach described here offers a facile, quantitative and cost-effective alternative to rapidly and efficiently discover and characterise genetically encoded macrocyclic peptide ligands with sufficiently good binding properties against therapeutically relevant targets.

Indexed as

Peptide LibraryPeptides, CyclicSaccharomyces cerevisiaeCell Surface Display TechniquesCrystallography, X-RayFlow CytometryLigandsProtein BindingLigandsPeptide LibraryPeptides, Cyclic

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PMCPMC12198371

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