Switchable reporter enzymes based on mutually exclusive domain interactions allow antibody detection directly in solution

S Banala, SJA Aper, W Schalk, M Merkx - ACS chemical biology, 2013 - ACS Publications
Detection of antibodies is essential for the diagnosis of many diseases including infections,
allergies, and autoimmune diseases. Current heterogeneous immunoassays require …

Antibody-induced oligomerization and activation of an engineered reporter enzyme

ML Geddie, I Matsumura - Journal of molecular biology, 2007 - Elsevier
Our objective is to produce a protein biosensor (or molecular switch) that is specifically
activated in solution by a monoclonal antibody. Many effector-dependent enzymes have …

Modular protein switches derived from antibody mimetic proteins

N Nicholes, A Date, P Beaujean, P Hauk… - Protein Engineering …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Protein switches have potential applications as biosensors and selective protein
therapeutics. Protein switches built by fusion of proteins with the prerequisite input and …

Converting a periplasmic binding protein into a synthetic biosensing switch through domain insertion

LF Ribeiro, V Amarelle, LFC Ribeiro… - BioMed Research …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
All biosensing platforms rest on two pillars: specific biochemical recognition of a particular
analyte and transduction of that recognition into a readily detectable signal. Most existing …

No washing, less waiting: engineering biomolecular reporters for single-step antibody detection in solution

S Banala, R Arts, SJA Aper, M Merkx - Organic & Biomolecular …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Detection of antibodies is essential for the diagnosis of many disease states, including
infectious diseases, autoimmune diseases and allergies. Most current antibody detection …

Rational antibody design for undruggable targets using kinetically controlled biomolecular probes

CL Trkulja, O Jungholm, M Davidson, K Jardemark… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Several important drug targets, eg, ion channels and G protein–coupled receptors, are
extremely difficult to approach with current antibody technologies. To address these targets …

Recombinant antibody engineering enables reversible binding for continuous protein biosensing

C Fercher, ML Jones, SM Mahler, SR Corrie - ACS sensors, 2021 - ACS Publications
Engineering antibodies to improve target specificity, reduce detection limits, or introduce
novel functionality is an important research area for biosensor development. While various …

Creation of a gated antibody as a conditionally functional synthetic protein

SB Gunnoo, HM Finney, TS Baker, AD Lawson… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
The ability to conditionally direct antibodies is a potentially powerful application for Synthetic
Biology in Medicine. Here we show that control of antibody binding through site-specific …

A generic scaffold for conversion of peptide ligands into homogenous biosensors

SR Nirantar, KS Yeo, S Chee, DP Lane… - Biosensors and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Numerous peptide ligands including protease recognition sequences, peptides mediating
protein–protein interactions, peptide epitopes of antibodies and mimotopes are available …

The present and the future of protein biosensor engineering

C Jackson, A Anderson, K Alexandrov - Current Opinion in Structural …, 2022 - Elsevier
Protein biosensors play increasingly important roles in cell and neurobiology and have the
potential to revolutionise the way clinical and industrial analytics are performed. The gradual …