Abstract:
The present invention relates to methods and compositions for the high throughput screening of protein-protein interactions in yeast liquid culture. Protein fusions non-native to yeast may be expressed to replace endogenous sexual agglutination proteins and mediate library-by-library interrogation of protein interactions. The methods and compositions of the invention can be utilized for the characterization of protein interaction networks in high throughput for both binding affinity and specificity, which is crucial for understanding cellular functions, screening therapeutic candidates, and evaluating engineered protein networks.
Abstract:
Methods and apparatus for identifying and screening hydrogen bond networks are provided. A computing device can determine a search space for hydrogen bond networks related to one or more molecules, where the search space can include a plurality of energy terms related to a plurality of residues related to the hydrogen bond networks. The computing device can search the search space to identify one or more hydrogen bond networks based on the plurality of energy terms. The computing device can screen the identified hydrogen bond networks to identity one or more screened hydrogen bond networks based on scores for the identified hydrogen bond networks. An output can be generated that is related to the one or more screened hydrogen bond networks. Also provided are polypeptides that can form homo-oligomers with modular hydrogen bond network-mediated specificity.
Abstract:
Methods and systems for designing proteins are disclosed, as well as proteins and protein assemblies designed. A comparing device can determine a protein repeating unit that includes one or more protein helices and one or more protein loops. The computing device can generate a protein backbone structure with a copy of the protein repeating unit. The computing device can determine whether a distance between a pair of helices of the protein backbone structure is between lower and upper distance thresholds. After determining that the distance between the pair of helices is between the lower and upper distance thresholds, the computing device can generate a plurality of protein sequences based on the protein backbone structure, select a particular protein sequence of the plurality of protein sequences based on an energy landscape that has information about energy and distance from a target fold of the particular protein sequence, and generate an output based on the particular protein sequence.
Abstract:
Polypeptides, and methods for their use, are disclosed that have an amino acid sequence at least 75% identical to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, are provided, wherein (a) the polypeptide degrades a PFQPQLPY (SEQ ID NO: 140) peptide and/or a PFPQPQQPF (SEQ ID NO: 68) at pH 4; (b) residue 467 is Ser, residue 267 is Glu, and residue 271 is Asp; and (c) the polypeptide comprises an amino acid change from SEQ ID NO: 1 at one or more residues selected from the group consisting of 221, 262E, 268, 269, 270, 319A, 320, 354E/Q/R/Y, 358S/Q/T, 368F/Q, 399, 402, 406, 424, 449, 461, 463, 105, 171, 172, 173, 174, and 456.
Abstract:
Synthetic nanostructures, polypeptides that are useful, for example, in making synthetic nanostructures, and methods for using such synthetic nanostructures are disclosed herein.
Abstract:
Polypeptides are disclosed herein, which recognize and are strong binders to Influenza A hemagglutinin and can be used, for example, to treat and/or limit development of an influenza infection.