title: Binary polypeptide system for permanent and oriented protein immobilization.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Many techniques in molecular biology, clinical diagnostics and biotechnology rely on binary affinity tags. The existing tags are based on either small molecules (e.g., biotin/streptavidin or glutathione/GST) or peptide tags (FLAG, Myc, HA, Strep-tag and His-tag). Among these, the biotin-streptavidin system is most popular due to the nearly irreversible interaction of biotin with the tetrameric protein, streptavidin. The major drawback of the stable biotin-streptavidin system, however, is that neither of the two tags can be added to a protein of interest via recombinant means (except for the Strep-tag case) leading to the requirement for chemical coupling.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Here we report a new immobilization system which utilizes two monomeric polypeptides which self-assemble to produce non-covalent yet nearly irreversible complex which is stable in strong detergents, chaotropic agents, as well as in acids and alkali. Our system is based on the core region of the tetra-helical bundle known as the SNARE (soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor) complex. This irreversible protein attachment system (IPAS) uses either a shortened syntaxin helix and fused SNAP25-synaptobrevin or a fused syntaxin-synaptobrevin and SNAP25 allowing a two-component system suitable for recombinant protein tagging, capture and immobilization. We also show that IPAS is suitable for use with traditional beads and chromatography, planar surfaces and Biacore, gold nanoparticles and for protein-protein interaction in solution.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  IPAS offers an alternative to chemical cross-linking, streptavidin-biotin system and to traditional peptide affinity tags and can be used for a wide range of applications in nanotechnology and molecular sciences.
authors.affiliation: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, Hills Road, CB2 0QH, UK. bazbek@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Enrico
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ferrari
authors.forename: Frédéric
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Darios
authors.forename: Fan
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zhang
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authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Niranjan
authors.forename: Julian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bailes
authors.forename: Mikhail
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Soloviev
authors.forename: Bazbek
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Davletov
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