Applications of nanobodies

S Muyldermans - Annual review of animal biosciences, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Unique, functional, homodimeric heavy chain–only antibodies, devoid of light chains, are
circulating in the blood of Camelidae. These antibodies recognize their cognate antigen via …

A guide to: generation and design of nanobodies

S Muyldermans - The FEBS journal, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
A nanobody (Nb) is a registered trademark of Ablynx, referring to the single antigen‐binding
domain of heavy chain‐only antibodies (HCAbs) that are circulating in Camelidae. Nbs are …

Programming multicellular assembly with synthetic cell adhesion molecules

AJ Stevens, AR Harris, J Gerdts, KH Kim, C Trentesaux… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Cell adhesion molecules are ubiquitous in multicellular organisms, specifying precise cell–
cell interactions in processes as diverse as tissue development, immune cell trafficking and …

Protein design and variant prediction using autoregressive generative models

JE Shin, AJ Riesselman, AW Kollasch… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The ability to design functional sequences and predict effects of variation is central to protein
engineering and biotherapeutics. State-of-art computational methods rely on models that …

Development of spirulina for the manufacture and oral delivery of protein therapeutics

BW Jester, H Zhao, M Gewe, T Adame… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The use of the edible photosynthetic cyanobacterium Arthrospira platensis (spirulina) as a
biomanufacturing platform has been limited by a lack of genetic tools. Here we report …

Structural insights into auxin recognition and efflux by Arabidopsis PIN1

Z Yang, J **a, J Hong, C Zhang, H Wei, W Ying, C Sun… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Polar auxin transport is unique to plants and coordinates their growth and development,.
The PIN-FORMED (PIN) auxin transporters exhibit highly asymmetrical localizations at the …

Structural basis of GABA reuptake inhibition

Z Motiwala, NG Aduri, H Shaye, GW Han, JH Lam… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract γ-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) transporter 1 (GAT1) regulates neuronal excitation of
the central nervous system by clearing the synaptic cleft of the inhibitory neurotransmitter …

A synthetic nanobody targeting RBD protects hamsters from SARS-CoV-2 infection

T Li, H Cai, H Yao, B Zhou, N Zhang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of COVID-19, features a receptor-binding domain
(RBD) for binding to the host cell ACE2 protein,,,,–. Neutralizing antibodies that block RBD …

Conformation space of a heterodimeric ABC exporter under turnover conditions

S Hofmann, D Januliene, AR Mehdipour, C Thomas… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) has the capacity to capture molecular machines in
action,–. ATP-binding cassette (ABC) exporters are highly dynamic membrane proteins that …

Cryo-EM structure determination of small proteins by nanobody-binding scaffolds (Legobodies)

X Wu, TA Rapoport - … of the National Academy of Sciences, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
We describe a general method that allows structure determination of small proteins by single-
particle cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM). The method is based on the availability of a …