Yeast cell surface display of proteins and uses thereof

Michele Kieke (Inventor), David M Kranz (Inventor), Eric Boder (Inventor), Karl Dane Wittrup (Inventor)

Research output: Patent

Abstract

The present invention provides a genetic method for tethering polypeptides to the yeast cell wall in a form accessible for binding to macromolecules. Combining this method with fluorescence-activated cell sorting provides a means of selecting proteins with increased or decreased affinity for another molecule, altered specificity, or conditional binding. Also provided is a method for genetic fusion of the N terminus of a polypeptide of interest to the C-terminus of the yeast Aga2p cell wall protein. The outer wall of each yeast cell can display approximately 10 protein agglutinins. The native agglutinins serve as specific adhesion contacts to fuse yeast cells of opposite mating type during mating. In effect, yeast has evolved a platform for protein-protein binding without steric hindrance from cell wall components.
Original languageEnglish (US)
U.S. patent number7465787
Filing date12/16/03
StatePublished - Dec 16 2008

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Yeast cell surface display of proteins and uses thereof'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this