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dc.contributor.authorNordlund, Henri
dc.date.accessioned2008-01-09T12:52:51Z
dc.date.available2008-01-09T12:52:51Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.identifier.isbn951-39-1650-2
dc.identifier.otheroai:jykdok.linneanet.fi:920373
dc.identifier.urihttps://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/13157
dc.description.abstractAvidiini on neljästä samanlaisesta alayksiköstä muodostunut tetrameerinen glykoproteiini, jota esiintyy luontaisesti, pieninä pitoisuuksina, kanan munanvalkuaisessa. Eräs avidiinin merkittävimmistä ominaisuuksista on sen kyky sitoa vitamiini biotiinia. Avidiinin ja biotiinin välinen vuorovaikutus on voimakkain tunnettu luonnossa esiintyvä ei-kovalenttinen sidos proteiinin ja sen ligandin välillä. Tätä ominaisuutta on hyödynnetty jo pitkään lukuisissa bio- ja lääketieteellisissä sovelluksissa, jotka yhdessä muodostavat niin kutsutun (strept)avidiini-biotiini -teknologian.fi
dc.description.abstractAvidin is a basic and rather stable tetrameric glycoprotein found in chicken egg-white. It has an enormous affinity toward biotin (vitamin H), which forms the basis of so called avidin-biotin technology. This extraordinary protein-ligand pair is superior to many other protein-ligand systems because it is very robust and can be used under even harsh experimental conditions. In addition, several biotin derivatives and conjugates are commercially available. Our main objective was to create new avidin tools with novel properties for avidin-biotin technology which would have improved performance in some applications and even open completely new possibilities in others. In addition we obtained valuable basic information about avidin. We modified avidin by the means of protein engineering using a rational mutation design strategy. We succeeded in engineering an avidin with enhanced thermal stability characteristics by introducing cysteine residues to the monomer-monomer interfaces, which formed covalent intermonomeric disulfide bridges. We showed also that the tetrameric quaternary structure of avidin can be broken by only two crucial point mutations in the interface residues and that the resultant monomeric avidin was biologically active in the sense of biotin binding. In addition, we prepared two different circularly permuted avidins and their fusion. The resultant pseudo-tetrameric fusion avidin, in which half of the binding sites can be further modified independently of the other half, has enormous potential in new applications. Finally, we introduced histidine residues into the monomer-monomer interfaces, which led to some of the mutants becoming pH dependent with respect to biotin binding and oligomerization.en
dc.format.extentverkkoaineisto (64 sivua).
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherJyväskylän yliopisto
dc.relation.ispartofseriesJyväskylä studies in biological and environmental science
dc.relation.isversionofISBN 951-39-1505-0
dc.rightsIn Copyright
dc.titleAvidin engineering : modification of function, oligomerization, stability and structure topology
dc.typeDiss.
dc.identifier.urnURN:ISBN:951-39-1650-2
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
dc.type.ontasotVäitöskirjafi
dc.type.ontasotDoctoral dissertationen
dc.contributor.tiedekuntaMatemaattis-luonnontieteellinen tiedekuntafi
dc.contributor.tiedekuntaFaculty of Mathematics and Scienceen
dc.contributor.yliopistoUniversity of Jyväskyläen
dc.contributor.yliopistoJyväskylän yliopistofi
dc.contributor.oppiaineMolekyylibiologiafi
dc.relation.issn1456-9701
dc.relation.numberinseries126
dc.rights.accesslevelopenAccess
dc.subject.ysoavidiini
dc.subject.ysobiokemia
dc.subject.ysobiologia
dc.subject.ysobiotiini
dc.subject.ysoproteiinit
dc.subject.ysogeenitekniikka
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