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Peptide-based Identification of Functional Motifs and their Binding Partners
Published on: June 30, 2013
Identification of a peptide binding motif for secreted frizzled-related protein-1
Yoshiro Chuman1, Aykut Uren, Jennifer Cahill
1Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892-4256, USA.
Abstract:
Secreted Frizzled-related proteins (sFRPs) bind Wnts and modulate their activity. To identify putative sFRP-1 binding motifs, we screened an M13 phage displayed combinatorial peptide library. A predominant motif, L/V-VDGRW-L/V, was present in approximately 70% of the phage that bound sFRP-1. Use of peptide/alkaline phosphatase chimeras and alanine scanning confirmed that the conserved motif was important for sFRP-1 recognition. The dissociation constant for a peptide/sFRP-1 complex was 3.9 microM. Additional analysis revealed that DGR was the core of the binding motif. Although Wnt proteins lack this sequence, other proteins possessing the DGR motif may function as novel binding partners for sFRP-1.
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