Journal: bioRxiv
Article Title: Screening de. novo designed protein binders in unpurified lysate using flow induced dispersion analysis
doi: 10.1101/2025.06.17.660127
Figure Lengend Snippet: (A,D) Representative gel illustrating the purity of the samples used for FIDA screening (Sol.) in either chemical (A) or heat (D) lysates separated from insoluble material (Insol.) by centrifugation. A sample with no binder expression (Neg.) and one with purified binder (Pure) were loaded for comparison. (B,E) Examples of Taylorgrams obtained when using different dilutions of chemical (B) and heat (E) lysates, evidencing the high background fluorescence associated with the lower dilutions. In B, the Taylorgram for the 2x dilution additionally shows a double peak, which is a clear signal of buffer/baseline mismatch. A higher residence time is observed for the 2x and 3x diluted heat lysates (E) likely due to the increased viscosity of the samples. (C,F) Apparent size of FITC-ALFA (200 nM) when mixed with either chemical (C) or heat (F) lysates that were diluted to different extents. A sample of preculture (PC), i.e., lacking the expressed binder, was tested to account for non-specific binding to lysate components. The values correspond to mean ± SD (n = 3). The dotted lines mark the R h of the indicator in clean buffer. The asterisks in F indicate that the samples were analysed in different days and should thus be compared to the corresponding preculture. (G) Rate of false positives in relation to the total number of binders for both lysis methods, where false positives correspond to binders that result in a 10% gain in R h relative to the preculture.
Article Snippet: The R h values were calculated by processing the Taylorgrams using the FIDA Software v3.1 (Fida Biosystems) with a Taylorgram fraction of 75%.
Techniques: Centrifugation, Expressing, Purification, Comparison, Fluorescence, Viscosity, Binding Assay, Lysis