Post-translational selective intracellular silencing of acetylated proteins with de novo selected intrabodies.

Chirichella, Michele; Lisi, Simonetta; Fantini, Marco; Goracci, Martina; Calvello, Mariantonietta; Brandi, Rossella; Arisi, Ivan; D'Onofrio, Mara et al. · Nat Methods · 2017

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

The ability to selectively interfere with post-translationally modified proteins would have many biological and therapeutic applications. However, post-translational modifications cannot be selectively targeted by nucleic-acid-based interference approaches. Here we describe post-translational intracellular silencing antibody technology (PISA), a method for selecting intrabodies against post-translationally modified proteins. We demonstrate our method by generating intrabodies against native acetylated proteins and showing functional interference in living cells.

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