Construction of Lasso Peptide Fusion Proteins. Author Chuhan Zong, Mikhail Maksimov, A James Link Publication Year 2016 Type Journal Article Abstract Lasso peptides are a family of ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptides (RiPPs) typified by an isopeptide-bonded macrocycle between the peptide N-terminus and an aspartate or glutamate side chain. The C-terminal portion of the peptide threads through the N-terminal macrocycle to give the characteristic lasso fold. Because of the inherent stability, both proteolytic and often thermal, of lasso peptides, we became interested in whether proteins could be fused to the free C-terminus of lasso peptides. Here, we demonstrate fusion of two model proteins, the artificial leucine zipper A1 and the superfolder variant of GFP, to the C-terminus of the lasso peptide astexin-1. Successful lasso cyclization of the N-terminus of these fusion proteins requires a flexible linker in between the C-terminus of the lasso peptide and the N-terminus of the protein of interest. The ability to fuse lasso peptides to a protein of interest is an important step toward phage and bacterial display systems for the high-throughput screening of lasso peptide libraries for new functions. Keywords Recombinant Fusion Proteins, Amino Acid Sequence, Protein Processing, Post-Translational, Peptides Journal ACS Chem Biol Volume 11 Issue 1 Pages 61-8 Date Published 2016 Jan 15 ISSN Number 1554-8937 DOI 10.1021/acschembio.5b00745 Alternate Journal ACS Chem Biol PMCID PMC4795474 PMID 26492187 PubMedPubMed CentralGoogle ScholarBibTeXEndNote X3 XML