Abstract:
The invention relates to a physical self-organizing hydrogel system for biotechnological applications composed of a non-covalent network on the basis of a protein-ligand interaction, comprising a tetrameric protein as a protein and biotin or one of the derivatives thereof as a ligand, wherein biotin or one of the derivatives thereof is covalently conjugated to an end of a polymer chain of a linear or multi-arm synthetic polymer or of a single- or double-strand oligonucleotide and wherein the solid content in relation to the entire hydrogel is at least 3% and the conjugates are cross-linked by the tetrameric protein. In the hydrogel system, there is a mixture ratio as a molar equivalent ratio between the protein and the number of terminal biotinylated ends of the polymer chains in the biotin-polymer conjugate of 1:2 to 1:8. The hydrogel formation occurs with controlled kinetics on the basis of a protein-ligand interaction. The hydrogel system can be used for the cultivation and encapsulation of cells.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for the sensitive identification of high-affinity complexes of two ligands (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) and a receptor (1). To this end, a plurality of different ligands (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) of a chemical library are brought into contact with at least one receptor (1) in a solution. The ligands of the library have single-stranded DNA (8, 9) or RNA with a base length of 2 to 10 bases or, alternatively, more than 10 bases. The solution is incubated for a specified period of time and complexes of two ligands (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) and a receptor (1) are identified.