Hayes F, Hallet B
Dept of Biomolecular Sciences, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST), PO Box 88, M60 1QD, Manchester, UK.
Trends Microbiol. 2000 Dec;8(12):571-7. doi: 10.1016/s0966-842x(00)01857-6.
Pentapeptide scanning mutagenesis is a facile transposon-based procedure for the random insertion of a variable five amino acid cassette into a target protein. The analysis of a library of proteins harbouring pentapeptide insertions can provide invaluable information on the essential and inessential regions of a target protein, as well as revealing surprising aspects of target protein function and activity.