Department of Molecular Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia.
ARC Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale Biophotonics, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia.
Biomolecules. 2019 Dec 18;10(1):4. doi: 10.3390/biom10010004.
Linker-protein G (LPG) is a bifunctional fusion protein composed of a solid-binding peptide (SBP, referred as the "linker") with high affinity to silica-based compounds and a protein G (PG), which binds antibodies. The binding mechanisms of LPG to silica-based materials was studied using different biophysical techniques and compared to that of PG without the linker. LPG displayed high binding affinity to a silica surface ( = 34.77 ± 11.8 nM), with a vertical orientation, in comparison to parent PG, which exhibited no measurable binding affinity. Incorporation of the linker in the fusion protein, LPG, had no effect on the antibody-binding function of PG, which retained its secondary structure and displayed no alteration of its chemical stability. The LPG system provided a milder, easier, and faster affinity-driven immobilization of antibodies to inorganic surfaces when compared to traditional chemical coupling techniques.
连接蛋白 G(LPG)是一种双功能融合蛋白,由与基于硅的化合物具有高亲和力的固体结合肽(SBP,称为“连接子”)和蛋白 G(PG)组成,后者与抗体结合。使用不同的生物物理技术研究了 LPG 与基于硅的材料的结合机制,并与没有连接子的 PG 进行了比较。与没有可测量结合亲和力的亲本 PG 相比,LPG 显示出对硅表面的高结合亲和力(= 34.77 ± 11.8 nM),呈垂直取向。连接子在融合蛋白 LPG 中的存在对 PG 的抗体结合功能没有影响,PG 保留了其二级结构,并且其化学稳定性没有改变。与传统的化学偶联技术相比,LPG 系统为抗体到无机表面的亲和驱动固定化提供了更温和、更容易和更快的方法。