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Protein binders and their applications in developmental biology
Journal
Development
Volume
145
Number
2
Pages / Article-Number
1-13
Mesh terms
Animals; Ankyrin Repeat; Developmental Biology; Humans; Models, Molecular; Peptide Library; Protein Binding; Protein Modification, Translational; Protein Transport; Proteins, metabolism; Proteolysis; Single-Domain Antibodies, metabolism; Synthetic Biology
Abstract
Developmental biology research would benefit greatly from tools that enable protein function to be regulated, both systematically and in a precise spatial and temporal manner, in vivo In recent years, functionalized protein binders have emerged as versatile tools that can be used to target and manipulate proteins. Such protein binders can be based on various scaffolds, such as nanobodies, designed ankyrin repeat proteins (DARPins) and monobodies, and can be used to block or perturb protein function in living cells. In this Primer, we provide an overview of the protein binders that are currently available and highlight recent progress made in applying protein binder-based tools in developmental and synthetic biology.
