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Traceless production of cyclic peptide libraries in E. coli

Traceless production of cyclic peptide libraries in E. coli
Traceless production of cyclic peptide libraries in E. coli
Split intein circular ligation of peptides and proteins (SICLOPPS) is a genetically encoded method for the intracellular production of cyclic peptide libraries of around a hundred million (108) members that utilizes the Synechocystis sp PCC6803 (Ssp) DnaE split inteins. However, Ssp inteins are relatively slow splicing and intolerant of amino acids variation around the splice junction potentially limiting the utility and composition of SICLOPPS libraries. In contrast, Noctus punctiforme (Npu) DnaE split inteins not only splice significantly faster, they are also much more tolerant of amino acid variation around their splice junctions. Here we report the use of engineered Npu inteins in SICLOPPS for the generation of cyclic peptide libraries and cyclic proteins. Despite their superior splicing characteristics however, we observed a high level of toxicity from the Npu SICLOPPS constructs in E. coli. The observed toxicity was overcome though incorporation of an SsrA tag to target the spliced Npu inteins to the ClpXP complex for degradation. The resulting traceless Npu SICLOPPS inteins showed no toxicity to E. coli, demonstrating their potential for the production of cyclic peptide libraries for use in a variety of high-throughput screens.
1554-8929
1624-1630
Townend, Jaime
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Tavassoli, Ali
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Townend, Jaime
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Tavassoli, Ali
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Townend, Jaime and Tavassoli, Ali (2016) Traceless production of cyclic peptide libraries in E. coli. ACS Chemical Biology, 11, 1624-1630. (doi:10.1021/acschembio.6b00095). (PMID:27027149)

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Split intein circular ligation of peptides and proteins (SICLOPPS) is a genetically encoded method for the intracellular production of cyclic peptide libraries of around a hundred million (108) members that utilizes the Synechocystis sp PCC6803 (Ssp) DnaE split inteins. However, Ssp inteins are relatively slow splicing and intolerant of amino acids variation around the splice junction potentially limiting the utility and composition of SICLOPPS libraries. In contrast, Noctus punctiforme (Npu) DnaE split inteins not only splice significantly faster, they are also much more tolerant of amino acid variation around their splice junctions. Here we report the use of engineered Npu inteins in SICLOPPS for the generation of cyclic peptide libraries and cyclic proteins. Despite their superior splicing characteristics however, we observed a high level of toxicity from the Npu SICLOPPS constructs in E. coli. The observed toxicity was overcome though incorporation of an SsrA tag to target the spliced Npu inteins to the ClpXP complex for degradation. The resulting traceless Npu SICLOPPS inteins showed no toxicity to E. coli, demonstrating their potential for the production of cyclic peptide libraries for use in a variety of high-throughput screens.

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Accepted/In Press date: 30 March 2016
e-pub ahead of print date: 30 March 2016

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Local EPrints ID: 390752
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/390752
ISSN: 1554-8929
PURE UUID: 0f7076ea-1bc8-45e2-9806-60239de69d30
ORCID for Ali Tavassoli: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-7420-5063

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Date deposited: 07 Apr 2016 08:55
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 05:28

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Author: Jaime Townend
Author: Ali Tavassoli ORCID iD

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