title: Selection and application of peptide-binding peptides.
abstract: Peptide-binding ligands would be useful for directing reagents to particular epitopes in a protein, the detection of peptide hormones, and many other applications. Here we show that peptides of modest size isolated from a library using a simple genetic assay can act as specific receptors for other peptides. The equilibrium dissociation constants of these peptide-peptide complexes are higher than those of typical monoclonal antibody-epitope complexes. Nonetheless, as shown here, these peptide-binding peptides can be used to detect or purify proteins containing the partner peptide.
authors.affiliation: Center for Biomedical Inventions, Departments of Internal Medicine and Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX 75390-8573, USA.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kodadek
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D015153:Blotting, Western / Q000379:methods; D002645:Chickens; D002846:Chromatography, Affinity / Q000379:methods; D003001:Cloning, Molecular / Q000379:methods; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D019281:Dimerization; D000939:Epitopes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D017930:Genes, Reporter / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D007763:Lac Operon / Q000235:genetics; D008024:Ligands; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009875:Operator Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D019151:Peptide Library; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012097:Repressor Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D020798:Two-Hybrid System Techniques; D014764:Viral Proteins; D054334:Viral Regulatory and Accessory Proteins
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D000939:Epitopes; D007375:Interleukin-1; D008024:Ligands; D019151:Peptide Library; D010455:Peptides; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D014764:Viral Proteins; D054334:Viral Regulatory and Accessory Proteins; C016649:phage repressor proteins; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I