通过体外选择发现的合成配体
S Jarrett Wrenn1, Rebecca M Weisinger, David R Halpin
1Department of Biochemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|October 9, 2007
概括
进化策略可以发现新的小分子配体. 用DNA编程的化学产生了1亿种化合物,为Crk SH3域识别了具有高亲和力的新结合物.
科学领域:
- 生物化学 生物化学
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 药物发现 药物发现 药物发现
背景情况:
- 生物聚合物的功能性质来自进化和体外仿真.
- 用DNA编程合成为进化小分子发现提供了潜力.
研究的目的:
- 测试小分子发现进化策略的可行性.
- 为了确定原型瘤基因Crk.N-终端SH3域的新型配体.
主要方法:
- 利用DNA编程的组合化学合成了1亿种不同的化合物.
- 在六代人中应用了进化选择过程.
- 选的化合物与Crk SH3域结合.
主要成果:
- 聚合的分子群体产生了新的SH3域连接体.
- 识别的配体表现出与配体相似的结合亲和力.
- 在小分子发现中证明了进化方法的成功应用.
结论:
- 进化策略是有效的发现高亲和小分子连接体.
- 用DNA编程的化学加速和简化了小分子的发现.
- 这种方法对未来的药物发现工作具有重大潜力.
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