In vitro antibody display libraries have emerged as powerful tools for a streamlined discovery of novel antibody binders. While in vivo antibody repertoires are matured and selected as a specific pair of variable heavy and light chains (VH and VL) with optimal specificity and affinity, during the recombinant generation of in vitro libraries, the native sequence pairing is not maintained. Here we describe a cloning method that combines the flexibility and versatility of in vitro antibody display with the advantages of natively paired VH-VL antibodies. In this regard, VH-VL amplicons are cloned via a two-step Golden Gate cloning procedure, allowing the display of Fab fragments on yeast cells.
Keywords: Bidirectional promoter; Fab library; Golden Gate cloning; Paired VH–VL antibody library; Restriction enzyme type IIs; Yeast surface display.
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