: Phage display is widely used in biomedical research. One of the great advantages of phage display is the specificity of the connection of a foreign peptide exposed outside the capsid to the intended target. Secondary detection systems, which are often laborious and costly, are required to identify and quantify the peptide/target interaction. In this study, we generated a novel dual-display phage to facilitate the detection and quantification of the peptide/target interaction. First, we generated a biotin-tagged phage by adding a small biotin-accepting peptide (sBT) to gene-3 of the M13K07 helper phage. Subsequently, we enhanced the M13K07 biotin-tagged phage by incorporating a selective peptide on gene-8, which is then exposed to the phage capsid. The exposed peptide acts as a probe to bind to a selective molecular target, whose interaction can be readily visualized thanks to the biotinylated phage. Our versatile dual-display phage exhibits high flexibility; by swapping the displayed peptide/probe, one can change the phage target while retaining the sBT gene in-frame with the pIII. We expect the generated biotin-tagged dual phages to be used as a multifunctional probe to couple with several streptavidin-biotin-based systems.

Generation of a Biotin-Tagged Dual-Display Phage

De Plano, Laura Maria;Oddo, Salvatore;Caccamo, Antonella
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Conoci, Sabrina
2024-01-01

Abstract

: Phage display is widely used in biomedical research. One of the great advantages of phage display is the specificity of the connection of a foreign peptide exposed outside the capsid to the intended target. Secondary detection systems, which are often laborious and costly, are required to identify and quantify the peptide/target interaction. In this study, we generated a novel dual-display phage to facilitate the detection and quantification of the peptide/target interaction. First, we generated a biotin-tagged phage by adding a small biotin-accepting peptide (sBT) to gene-3 of the M13K07 helper phage. Subsequently, we enhanced the M13K07 biotin-tagged phage by incorporating a selective peptide on gene-8, which is then exposed to the phage capsid. The exposed peptide acts as a probe to bind to a selective molecular target, whose interaction can be readily visualized thanks to the biotinylated phage. Our versatile dual-display phage exhibits high flexibility; by swapping the displayed peptide/probe, one can change the phage target while retaining the sBT gene in-frame with the pIII. We expect the generated biotin-tagged dual phages to be used as a multifunctional probe to couple with several streptavidin-biotin-based systems.
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