title: Screening of paclitaxel-binding molecules from a library of random peptides displayed on T7 phage particles using paclitaxel-photoimmobilized resin.
abstract: Paclitaxel (Taxol), an effective anticancer agent, is known to bind to tubulin and induce tubulin polymerization. Several other binding proteins of paclitaxel, such as Bcl-2, heat shock proteins, and NSC-1, have also been reported. Here, we describe a T7 phage-based display to screen for paclitaxel-binding molecules from a random peptide library using paclitaxel-photoimmobilized TentaGel resin. Specific phage particles that bind the paclitaxel-immobilized resin were obtained. Among them, two phage clones included the same consensus amino acid sequence (KACGRTRVTS). Analysis of the protein database using BLAST revealed that a portion of this sequence is conserved in the zinc finger domain of human NFX1. Binding affinity of paclitaxel against the partial recombinant protein of NFX1 (424aa-876aa) was confirmed by pull-down assays and surface plasmon resonance analyses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Biological Science, Genome and Drug Research Center, and Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba, Japan.
authors.forename: Sota
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aoki
authors.forename: Kengo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Morohashi
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sunoki
authors.forename: Kouji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kuramochi
authors.forename: Susumu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Fumio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sugawara
mesh_terms: D017123:Bacteriophage T7 / Q000737:chemistry*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015394:Molecular Structure; D017239:Paclitaxel / Q000737:chemistry*; D019151:Peptide Library; D010777:Photochemistry; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D020349:Surface Plasmon Resonance
chemical_list: D019151:Peptide Library; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D017239:Paclitaxel