SURFACE DISPLAY OF RECOMBINANT PROTEINS IN LOWER EUKARYOTES

摘要

Methods for display of recombinant proteins or protein libraries on the surface of lower eukaryotes such as yeast and filamentous fungi are described. The methods are useful for screening libraries of recombinant proteins in lower eukaryotes to identify particular proteins with desired properties from the array of proteins in the libraries. The methods are particularly useful for constructing and screening antibody libraries in lower eukaryotes.

主权项

1. A method for selecting proteins for displayability on a lower eukaryote host cell surface, comprising:
(a) providing a host cell that expresses a capture moiety comprising a cell surface anchoring protein fused to a first binding moiety; (b) transforming the host cell with a nucleic acid encoding a protein fused to a second binding moiety that is capable of specifically interacting with the first binding moiety fused to the cell surface anchoring protein, wherein mutagenesis is used to generate a plurality of host cells encoding a variegated population of mutants of the proteins; (c) contacting the plurality of host cells with a detection means that specifically binds to proteins that are displayed on the surface of the host cell and does not bind to proteins that are not displayed on the surface of the host cell; and (d) isolating the host cells with which the detection means is bound, wherein the presence of the detection means bound to a protein on the surface of the host cells indicates the protein is displayable on the lower eukaryote cell surface.