Journal: International journal of molecular sciences
Article Title: Efficient Design of Affilin ® Protein Binders for HER3.
doi: 10.3390/ijms26104683
Figure Lengend Snippet: Figure 3. General workflow to generate and identify specific Affilin® proteins for a given target. The process begins by selecting a target protein, followed by a phage display screening using highly diverse Affilin® libraries against the target. Positive binding phage pools are then subjected to a high-throughput screening (HTS), where up to 15,000 single clones can be analyzed, each representing a unique Affilin® protein variant. Specific binding variants are nominated as hit. Subsequently, hits undergo a preliminary selection applying a µ-scale expression and purification in a 96-well format including a fast small-scale purification by using PhyNexus columns. Binding affinity is tested with SPR and fluorescence activated cell sorting (FACS) measuring techniques. The most promising Affilin® variants selected for an upscaling process in the protein expression and purification using, e.g., gel filtration and affinity chromatography systems. Highly purified samples then undergo a comprehensive protein analysis including concentration-dependent SPR, FACS, serum stability assays and differential scanning fluorimetry (DSF).
Article Snippet: Lab scale purified Affilin® proteins were used in a concentration-dependent manner for surface plasmon resonance (SPR) measurement, which was performed on a Sierra SPR-32 (Bruker, Billerica, MA, USA) with HER3-Fc immobilized on a Protein A-coated chip.
Techniques: Binding Assay, High Throughput Screening Assay, Clone Assay, Variant Assay, Selection, Expressing, Purification, Fluorescence, FACS, Filtration, Affinity Chromatography, Concentration Assay