title: Chemical selection for catalysis in combinatorial antibody libraries.
abstract: For the past decade the immune system has been exploited as a rich source of de novo catalysts. Catalytic antibodies have been shown to have chemoselectivity, enantioselectivity, large rate accelerations, and even an ability to reroute chemical reactions. In many instances catalysts have been made for reactions for which there are no known natural or man-made enzymes. Yet, the full power of this combinatorial system can only be exploited if there was a system that allows for the direct selection of a particular function. A method that allows for the direct chemical selection for catalysis from antibody libraries was so devised, whereby the positive aspects of hybridoma technology were preserved and re-formatted in the filamentous phage system to allow direct selection of catalysis. This methodology is based on a purely chemical selection process, making it more general than biologically based selection systems because it is not limited to reaction products that perturb cellular machinery.
authors.affiliation: The Scripps Research Institute, Department of Chemistry, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
authors.forename: K D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Janda
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Lo
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Lo
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Sim
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Lerner
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017151:Antibodies, Catalytic / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D002384:Catalysis; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003090:Coliphages; D004229:Dithiothreitol; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D005697:Galactosides / Q000378:metabolism; D006241:Haptens; D006825:Hybridomas; D007140:Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D007211:Indoles / Q000378:metabolism; D007544:Isopropyl Thiogalactoside / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D009598:Nitrophenylgalactosides / Q000378:metabolism; D019151:Peptide Library; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012710:Serum Albumin, Bovine; D014169:Transformation, Bacterial; D001616:beta-Galactosidase / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D017151:Antibodies, Catalytic; D005697:Galactosides; D006241:Haptens; D007140:Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments; D007211:Indoles; D019151:Peptide Library; D012710:Serum Albumin, Bovine; D009598:Nitrophenylgalactosides; C059200:4-nitrophenylgalactoside; D007544:Isopropyl Thiogalactoside; D001616:beta-Galactosidase; D004229:Dithiothreitol; C044888:5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl beta-galactoside