In vitro virus: Bonding of mRNA bearing puromycin at the 3'-terminal end to the C-terminal end of its encoded protein on the ribosome in vitro
In vitro virus: Bonding of mRNA bearing puromycin at the 3'-terminal end to the C-terminal end of its encoded protein on the ribosome in vitro
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DOI:
10.1016/s0014-5793(97)01026-0
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发表时间:
1997-09-08
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影响因子:
3.5
通讯作者:
Yanagawa, H
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作者:
Nemoto, N;MiyamotoSato, E;Yanagawa, H
Adequate means for genotype assignment to phenotype is essential in evolutionary molecular engineering. In this study, construction of 'in vitro virus' was carried out in which a genotype molecule (mRNA) covalently binds to the phenotype molecule (protein) through puromycin on the ribosome in a cell-free translation system. Bonding efficiency was similar to 10%, thus indicating a population of the in vitro virus to have similar to 10(12) protein variants, this number being 10(4) that in the phage display. The in vitro virus is useful for examining protein evolution in a test tube and the results may possibly serve as basis for a general method for selecting proteins possessing the most desirable functions. (C) 1997 Federation of European Biochemical Societies.