An in vivo platform to select and evolve aggregation-resistant proteins

Protein aggregation remains a significant challenge for manufacturing of protein biopharmaceuticals. Here, the authors demonstrate the use of directed evolution and an assay for in vivo innate protein aggregation-propensity to generate aggregation-resistant scFv fragments.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jessica S. Ebo, Janet C. Saunders, Paul W. A. Devine, Alice M. Gordon, Amy S. Warwick, Bob Schiffrin, Stacey E. Chin, Elizabeth England, James D. Button, Christopher Lloyd, Nicholas J. Bond, Alison E. Ashcroft, Sheena E. Radford, David C. Lowe, David J. Brockwell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15667-1