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Protein Engineering Protocols

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Protein engineering is a fascinating mixture of molecular biology, protein structure analysis, computation, and biochemistry, with the goal of developing useful or valuable proteins. Protein Engineering Protocols will consider the two general, but not mutually exclusive, strategies for protein engineering. The first is known as rational design, in which the scientist uses detailed knowledge of the structure and function of the protein to make desired changes. The s- ond strategy is known as directed evolution. In this case, random mutagenesis is applied to a protein, and selection or screening is used to pick out variants that have the desired qualities. By several rounds of mutation and selection, this method mimics natural evolution. An additional technique known as DNA shuffling mixes and matches pieces of successful variants to produce better results. This process mimics recombination that occurs naturally during sexual reproduction. The first section of Protein Engineering Protocols describes rational p- tein design strategies, including computational methods, the use of non-natural amino acids to expand the biological alphabet, as well as impressive examples for the generation of proteins with novel characteristics. Although procedures for the introduction of mutations have become routine, predicting and und- standing the effects of these mutations can be very challenging and requires profound knowledge of the system as well as protein structures in general.

List of contents

Design and Computational Strategies for Protein Engineering.- Combinatorial Protein Design Strategies Using Computational Methods.- Global Incorporation of Unnatural Amino Acids in Escherichia coli.- Considerations in the Design and Optimization of Coiled Coil Structures.- Calcium Indicators Based on Calmodulin-Fluorescent Protein Fusions.- Design and Synthesis of Artificial Zinc Finger Proteins.- Monobodies.- Engineering Site-Specific Endonucleases.- Evolutionary Strategies for Protein Engineering.- Protein Library Design and Screening.- Protein Design by Binary Patterning of Polar and Nonpolar Amino Acids.- Versatile DNA Fragmentation and Directed Evolution With Nucleotide Exchange and Excision Technology.- Degenerate Oligonucleotide Gene Shuffling.- M13 Bacteriophage Coat Proteins Engineered for Improved Phage Display.- Ribosome-Inactivation Display System.- Compartmentalized Self-Replication.- Synthesis of Degenerated Libraries of the Ras-Binding Domain of Raf and Rapid Selection of Fast-Folding and Stable Clones With the Dihydrofolate Reductase Protein Fragment Complementation Assay.- A General Method of Terminal Truncation, Evolution, and Re-Elongation to Generate Enzymes of Enhanced Stability.

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Protein engineering is a fascinating mixture of molecular biology, protein structure analysis, computation, and biochemistry, with the goal of developing useful or valuable proteins. Protein Engineering Protocols will consider the two general, but not mutually exclusive, strategies for protein engineering. The first is known as rational design, in which the scientist uses detailed knowledge of the structure and function of the protein to make desired changes. The s- ond strategy is known as directed evolution. In this case, random mutagenesis is applied to a protein, and selection or screening is used to pick out variants that have the desired qualities. By several rounds of mutation and selection, this method mimics natural evolution. An additional technique known as DNA shuffling mixes and matches pieces of successful variants to produce better results. This process mimics recombination that occurs naturally during sexual reproduction. The first section of Protein Engineering Protocols describes rational p- tein design strategies, including computational methods, the use of non-natural amino acids to expand the biological alphabet, as well as impressive examples for the generation of proteins with novel characteristics. Although procedures for the introduction of mutations have become routine, predicting and und- standing the effects of these mutations can be very challenging and requires profound knowledge of the system as well as protein structures in general.

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"Whether the research in your laboratory focuses on protein engineering or you wish to adopt a method for engineering a protein of interest, you will find this book, with it up-to-date stepwise protocols and experimentally oriented language, well suited to these goals." -Quarterly Review of Biology

"The chapters of Protein Engineering Protocols have been written by researchers with years of practical experience at the bench. It represents a methodological ‘cook-book’ of high quality. The diverse topics are well written and covered in an up-to-date manner. This makes it a bench-top handbook indispensable for all scientists who either work directly in protein engineering and design or use the described approaches of this field for their own research." (Nediljko Budisa, ChemBioChem, Vol. 8, 2007)

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From the reviews:
"Whether the research in your laboratory focuses on protein engineering or you wish to adopt a method for engineering a protein of interest, you will find this book, with it up-to-date stepwise protocols and experimentally oriented language, well suited to these goals." -Quarterly Review of Biology
"The chapters of Protein Engineering Protocols have been written by researchers with years of practical experience at the bench. It represents a methodological 'cook-book' of high quality. The diverse topics are well written and covered in an up-to-date manner. This makes it a bench-top handbook indispensable for all scientists who either work directly in protein engineering and design or use the described approaches of this field for their own research." (Nediljko Budisa, ChemBioChem, Vol. 8, 2007)

Product details

Assisted by Arndt (Editor), Arndt (Editor), Katja Arndt (Editor), Kristia Müller (Editor), Kristian Müller (Editor)
Publisher Springer, Berlin
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 17.04.2009
 
EAN 9781588290724
ISBN 978-1-58829-072-4
No. of pages 328
Weight 1 g
Illustrations 328 p. 65 illus., 1 illus. in color.
Series Methods in Molecular Biology
Methods in Molecular Biology
Subjects Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Biochemistry, biophysics

B, Medical research, Life Sciences, biochemistry, molecular biology, proteins, Biomedical and Life Sciences, Cellular biology (cytology), Biochemistry, general, Biomedical Research, Cell Biology, Molecular Medicine, Protein Science

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