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Isolating Substrates for an Engineered Alpha-Lytic Protease by Phage Display

Isolating Substrates for an Engineered Alpha-Lytic Protease by Phage Display

Samantha Lien, Geoffrey L Francis, Lloyd D Graham, John C Wallace

J Protein Chem. 2003 Feb;22(2):155-66.

PMID: 12760420

Abstract:

Panning of a substrate phage library with an alpha-lytic protease mutant showed that substrate phage display can be used to isolate sequences with improved protease sensitivity even for proteases of relatively broad specificity. Two panning experiments were performed with an engineered alpha-lytic protease mutant known to have a preference for cleavage after His or Met residues. Both experiments led to the isolation of protease-sensitive phage containing linker sequences in which His and Met residues were enriched compared with the initial library. Despite the relatively hydrophobic substrate binding site of the enzyme, the predominant protease-sensitive sequence isolated from the second library panning had the sequence Asp-Ser-Thr-Met. Kinetic studies showed that this sequence was cleaved up to 4.5-fold faster than rationally designed positive controls. Protease-resistant phage particles were also selected and characterized, with the finding that Gly and Pro appeared frequently at the putative P4 positions, whereas Asp dominated the putative P1 position.

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Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
IAR42410056	Alpha-lytic protease			Price

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