Combinatorially Screened Peptide as Targeted Covalent Binder: Alteration of Bait-Conjugated Peptide to Reactive Modifier

Bioconjug Chem. 2018 Jun 20;29(6):1866-1871. doi: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.8b00301. Epub 2018 Jun 1.

Abstract

A peptide-type covalent binder for a target protein was obtained by combinatorial screening of fluoroprobe-conjugated peptide libraries on bacteriophage T7. The solvatochromic fluoroprobe works as a bait during the affinity selection process of phage display. To obtain the targeted covalent binder, the bait in the selected consensus peptide was altered into a reactive warhead possessing a sulfonyl fluoride. The reaction efficiency and site/position specificity of the covalent conjugation between the binder and the target protein were evaluated by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS), and rationalized by a protein-ligand docking simulation.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bacteriophage T7 / chemistry
  • Bacteriophage T7 / metabolism
  • Cell Surface Display Techniques
  • Chromatography, Liquid
  • Fluorescent Dyes / chemistry
  • Fluorescent Dyes / metabolism*
  • Glutathione Transferase / metabolism*
  • Humans
  • Molecular Docking Simulation
  • Peptide Library*
  • Peptides / chemistry
  • Peptides / metabolism*
  • Protein Binding
  • Schistosoma japonicum / enzymology*
  • Schistosoma japonicum / metabolism
  • Schistosomiasis japonica / parasitology
  • Tandem Mass Spectrometry

Substances

  • Fluorescent Dyes
  • Peptide Library
  • Peptides
  • Glutathione Transferase