Stabilized ribosome display for in vitro selection

Methods Mol Biol. 2012:805:59-73. doi: 10.1007/978-1-61779-379-0_4.

Abstract

Ribosome display is a very effective and powerful technology for screening functional peptides or polypeptides in vitro. In ribosome display, each peptide or polypeptide (phenotype) links with its corresponding mRNA (genotype) through a ribosome. This link can be achieved by the absence of a stop codon in the mRNA, therefore stalling the ribosome at the end of translation with the nascent random sequence peptide extended by a spacer outside of the ribosome tunnel. In this chapter, we describe a method for the use of a further stabilized peptide-ribosome-mRNA complex for ribosome display.

MeSH terms

  • Directed Molecular Evolution*
  • Kinetics
  • Peptides / genetics
  • Peptides / metabolism*
  • RNA, Messenger / genetics
  • Ribosomes / chemistry
  • Ribosomes / genetics
  • Ribosomes / metabolism*
  • Thermodynamics

Substances

  • Peptides
  • RNA, Messenger