Molecular engineering of a thermostable carbohydrate-binding module |
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Authors: | Lavinia Cicortas Gunnarsson Eva Nordberg Karlsson Mats Andersson Olle Holst |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Immunotechnology, Lund University, SE-220 07, Lund, Sweden;2. Department of Biotechnology, Lund University, SE-221 00, Lund, Sweden;3. Alligator Bioscience, Scheelev?gen 19 A, SE-223 70, Lund, Sweden |
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Abstract: | Structure–function studies are frequently practiced on the very diverse group of natural carbohydrate-binding modules in order to understand the target recognition of these proteins. We have taken a step further in the study of carbohydrate-binding modules and created variants with novel binding properties by molecular engineering of one such molecule of known 3D-structure. A combinatorial library was created from the sequence encoding a thermostable carbohydrate-binding module, CBM4-2 from a Rhodothermus marinus xylanase, and the phage-display technology was successfully used for selection of variants with specificity towards different carbohydrate polymers (birchwood xylan, Avicel?, ivory nut mannan and recently also xyloglucan), as well as towards a glycoprotein (human IgG4). Our work not only generated a number of binders with properties that would suite a range of biotechnological applications, but analysis the selected binders also helped us to identify residues important for their specificities. |
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Keywords: | Binding specificity carbohydrate-binding module combinatorial library molecular engineering phage-display protein scaffold |
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