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Human antibodies able to bind with high affinity and specificity to numerous targets have been successfully identified from Fab phage display libraries. A key step in the library selection screening process is the early characterization of library isolates in order to determine which of these isolates to pursue further. Here we describe a Biacore assay that allows isolated clones expressed as soluble Fab fragments in E. coli to be screened and ranked based on their affinity against the target. The assay takes advantage of our ability to measure Fab concentrations in crude bacterial extracts in Biacore using very high density Protein A chips. The procedure allows up to 100 clones per week to be screened and permits the identification of a small number of high-affinity Fabs from a large batch obtained following library selection or affinity maturation.
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Fragmentos Fab de Inmunoglobulinas/inmunología , Receptor TIE-1/inmunología , Afinidad de Anticuerpos/inmunología , Cromatografía de Afinidad , Escherichia coli/genética , Humanos , Fragmentos Fab de Inmunoglobulinas/análisis , Fragmentos Fab de Inmunoglobulinas/genética , Cinética , Biblioteca de Péptidos , Proteínas Recombinantes/genética , Proteínas Recombinantes/inmunología , Proteína Estafilocócica A , Resonancia por Plasmón de Superficie/métodosRESUMEN
We cloned XYL1, a Scytalidium acidophilum gene encoding for an acidophilic family 11 xylanase. The XYL1p protein was expressed in Pichia pastoris using the pPICZalphaA expression plasmid. The secreted protein was purified by TAXI affinity column chromatography. The purified XYL1p showed an optimum activity at pH 3.2 and 56 degrees C. The Michaelis-Menten constants were determined.
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Ascomicetos/enzimología , Ascomicetos/genética , Proteínas Fúngicas/genética , Proteínas Fúngicas/metabolismo , Secuencia de Aminoácidos , Ascomicetos/química , Secuencia de Bases , Clonación Molecular , Proteínas Fúngicas/química , Datos de Secuencia MolecularRESUMEN
Both a type IV secretion system and a flagellum have been described in Brucella melitensis. These two multimolecular surface appendages share several features. Their expression in bacteriological medium is growth curve dependent, both are induced intracellularly and are required for full virulence in a mouse model of infection. Here we report the identification of VjbR, a quorum sensing-related transcriptional regulator. A vjbR mutant has a downregulated expression of both virB operon and flagellar genes either during vegetative growth or during intracellular infection. In a cellular model, the vacuoles containing the vjbR mutant or a virB mutant are decorated with the same markers at similar times post infection. The vjbR mutant is also strongly attenuated in a mouse model of infection. As C(12)-homoserine lactone pheromone is known to be involved in virB repression, we postulated that VjbR is mediating this effect. In agreement with this hypothesis, we observed that, as virB operon, flagellar genes are controlled by the pheromone. All together these data support a model in which VjbR acts as a major regulator of virulence factors in Brucella.