Yeast surface display for screening combinatorial polypeptide libraries

Nat Biotechnol. 1997 Jun;15(6):553-7. doi: 10.1038/nbt0697-553.

Abstract

Display on the yeast cell wall is well suited for engineering mammalian cell-surface and secreted proteins (e.g., antibodies, receptors, cytokines) that require endoplasmic reticulum-specific post-translational processing for efficient folding and activity. C-terminal fusion to the Aga2p mating adhesion receptor of Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been used for the selection of scFv antibody fragments with threefold decreased antigen dissociation rate from a randomly mutated library. A eukaryotic host should alleviate expression biases present in bacterially propagated combinatorial libraries. Quantitative flow cytometric analysis enables fine discrimination of kinetic parameters for protein binding to soluble ligands.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cloning, Molecular
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum / metabolism
  • Escherichia coli
  • Flow Cytometry
  • Gene Expression
  • Genomic Library
  • Immunoglobulin Fragments / biosynthesis*
  • Immunoglobulin Fragments / chemistry
  • Kinetics
  • Mammals
  • Mating Factor
  • Membrane Fusion
  • Mutagenesis
  • Peptide Biosynthesis*
  • Peptide Library*
  • Peptides / chemistry
  • Plasmids
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins / biosynthesis*
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins / chemistry
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae / genetics*

Substances

  • Immunoglobulin Fragments
  • Peptide Library
  • Peptides
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins
  • Mating Factor