Amino acid-specific binder and selectively identifying an amino acid
An amino acid-specific binder selectively binds to a binding amino acid. A binder complex selectively identifies the binding amino acid and includes an adjunct attached to the amino acid-specific binder. The adjunct includes a taggant, protein, substrate, or chemical modifier. Selectively identifying an N-terminal amino acid includes anchoring a C-terminal end; contacting an N-terminal amino acid of the anchored analyte with the binder complex; selectively binding when the N-terminal amino acid includes the binding amino acid; producing, by the taggant of the tagged complex, a taggant signal; detecting the taggant signal; and identifying the N-terminal amino acid based on the taggant signal.
1. A binder complex for selectively identifying an amino acid, the binder complex comprising:
an amino acid-specific binder; and
an adjunct attached to the amino acid-specific binder,
wherein the amino acid-specific binder binds selectively to a binding amino acid, and
the amino acid-specific binder comprises the amino acid sequence comprising:
a first amino acid sequence comprising X1-C-P-S-X2-V-X3-R-X4-T-X5-C-E-X6-E-X7-G-K-X8;
a second amino acid sequence comprising X1-C-S-W-X2-V-X3-R-X4-T-X5-C-E-X6-E-X7-G-K-X8;
a third amino acid sequence comprising X1-P-M-S-X2-V-X3-R-X4-T-X5-C-E-X6-E-X7-G-K-X8;
a fourth amino acid sequence comprising X1-S-G-R-X2-V-X3-R-X4-T-X5-C-E-X6-E-X7-G-K-X8;
a fifth amino acid sequence comprising X1-P-M-P-X2-V-X3-R-X4-T-X5-C-E-X6-E-X7-G-K-X8;
a sixth amino acid sequence comprising X1-P-R-E-X2-V-X3-R-X4-T-X5-S-E-X6-E-X7-G-K-X8;
a seventh amino acid sequence comprising X1-P-R-E-X2-E-X3-N-X4-Q-X5-C-T-X6-Q-X7-A-R-X8;
or an eighth amino acid sequence comprising X1-P-M-S-X2-E-X3-N-X4-Q-X5-S-T-X6-Q-X7-A-R-X8;
wherein:
X1 comprises an amino acid sequence comprising
SDSPVDLKPKPKVKPKLERPKLYKVMLLNDDYT (Sequence ID No. 20);
X2 comprises an amino acid sequence comprising FVT;
X3 comprises an amino acid sequence comprising VLKAVF (Sequence ID No. 21);
X4 comprises an amino acid sequence comprising MSED (Sequence ID No. 22);
X5 comprises an amino acid sequence comprising GRRVMMTAHRFGSAVVVV (Sequence ID No. 23);
X6 comprises an amino acid sequence comprising RDIAETKAK (Sequence ID No. 24);
X7 comprises an amino acid sequence comprising ATDL (Sequence ID No. 25); and
X8 comprises an amino acid sequence comprising EAGFPLMFTTEPEE (Sequence ID No. 26),
such that a total percentage amount of substitutions and deletions to X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, X6, X7, and X8 is from 0% to less than 30%, exclusive of
SDSPVDLKPKPKVKPKLERPKLYKVMLLNDDYTPMEFVTVVLKAVFRMSEDTGRRVM MTAHRFGSAVVVVCERDIAETKAKEATDLGKEAGFPLMFTTEPEE (Sequence ID No. 27), or
wherein the amino acid-specific binder comprises the amino acid sequence comprising NLEKIKKLRNVIKEIKKDNIKEADEHEKKE REKETSAWKVILYNDDIHKFSYVTDVIVKVV GQISKAKAHTITVEAHSTGQALILSTQKSKAEKYCQELQQNGLTVSIIHESQLKDKQKK (Sequence ID No. 10).
2. The binder complex of claim 1 , wherein the amino acid sequence comprises:
(Sequence ID No. 1)
SDSPVDLKPKPKVKPKLERPKLYKVMLLNDDYTCPSFVTVVLK
AVFRMSBDTGRRVMMTAHRFGSAVVVVCERDIAETKAKEATDL
GKEAGFPLMFTTEPEE;
(Sequence ID No. 2)
SDSPVDLKPKPKVKPKLERPKLYKVMLLNDDYTCSWFVTVVLK
AVFRMSEDTGRRVMMTAHRFGSAVVVVCERDIAETKAKEATDL
GKEAGFPLMFTTEPEE;
(Sequence ID No. 3)
SDSPVDLKPKPKVKPKLERPKLYKVMLLNDDYTPMSFVTVVLK
AVFRMSEDTGRRVMMTAHRFGSAWWCERDIAETKAKEATDLGK
EAGFPLMFTTEPEE;
(Sequence ID No. 4)
SDSPVDLKPKPKVKPKLERPKLYKVMLLNDDYTSGRFVTVVLK
AVFRMSEDTGRRVMMTAHRFGSAVWVCERDIAETKAKEATDLG
KEAGFPLMFTTEPEE;
(Sequence ID No. 5)
SDSPVDLKPKPKVKPKLERPKLYKVMLLNDDYTPMPFVTVVLK
AVFRMSEDTGRRVMMTAHRFGSAVVVVCERDIAETKAKEATDL
GKEAGFPLMFTTEPEE;
(Sequence ID No. 6)
SDSPVDLKPKPKVKPKLERPKLYKVMLLNDDYTPREFVTVVLK
AVFRMSEDTGRRVMMTAHRFGSAVVWSERDIAETKAKEATDLG
KEAGFPLMFTTEPEE;
(Sequence ID No. 7)
SDSPVDLKPKPKVKPKLERPKLYKVMLLNDDYTPREFVTEVLK
AVFNMSEDQGRRVMMTAHRFGSAVVGVCTRDIAETKAKQATDL
AREAGFPLMFTTEPEE;
(Sequence ID No. 8)
SDSPVDLKPKPKVKPKLERPKLYKVMLLNDDYTPMSFVTEVLK
AVFNMSEDQGRRVMMTAHRFGSAVVGVSTRDIAETKAKQATDL
AREAGFPLMFTTEPEE;
or
(Sequence ID No. 10)
NLEKIKKLRNVIKEIKKDNIKEADEHEKKEREKETSAWKVILY
NDDIHKFSYVTDVIVKVVGQISKAKAHTITVEAHSTGQALILS
TWKSKAEKYCQELQQNGLTVSIIHESQLKDKQKK.
3. The binder complex of claim 1 , wherein the adjunct comprises a taggant, a protein, a substrate, or a chemical modifier.
4. The binder complex of claim 3 , wherein the taggant comprises:
a fluorescent moiety, an electrochemical moiety, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing moieties, and
the taggant produces a taggant signal in response to receiving a stimulus.
5. A process for selectively identifying an N-terminal amino acid, the process comprising:
providing an analyte comprising a protein, a peptide, an amino acid, or a combination comprising at least one of foregoing;
contacting a C-terminal end of the analyte with an anchor;
anchoring the C-terminal end to the anchor to form an anchored analyte;
contacting an N-terminal amino acid of the anchored analyte with a binder complex, the binder complex comprising:
an amino acid-specific binder; and
a taggant attached to the amino acid-specific binder;
selectively binding the amino acid-specific binder of the binder complex to the N-terminal amino acid of the anchored analyte when the N-terminal amino acid comprises a binding amino acid to form a tagged complex;
subjecting the taggant of the tagged complex to a stimulus;
producing, by the taggant of the tagged complex, a taggant signal in response to the stimulus;
detecting the taggant signal; and
identifying the N-terminal amino acid based on the taggant signal, wherein the amino acid-specific binder binds selectively to the binding amino acid, and
the amino acid-specific binder comprises the amino acid sequence comprising:
a first amino acid sequence comprising X1-C-P-S-X2-V-X3-R-X4-T-X5-C-E-X6-E-X7-G-K-X8;
a second amino acid sequence comprising X1-C-S-W-X2-V-X3-R-X4-T-X5-C-E-X6-E-X7-G-K-X8;
a third amino acid sequence comprising X1-P-M-S-X2-V-X3-R-X4-T-X5-C-E-X6-E-X7-G-K-X8;
a fourth amino acid sequence comprising X1-S-G-R-X2-V-X3-R-X4-T-X5-C-E-X6-E-X7-G-K-X8;
a fifth amino acid sequence comprising X1-P-M-P-X2-V-X3-R-X4-T-X5-C-E-X6-E-X7-G-K-X8;
a sixth amino acid sequence comprising X1-P-R-E-X2-V-X3-R-X4-T-X5-S-E-X6-E-X7-G-K-X8;
a seventh amino acid sequence comprising X1-P-R-E-X2-E-X3-N-X4-Q-X5-C-T-X6-Q-X7-A-R-X8;
or an eighth amino acid sequence comprising X1-P-M-S-X2-E-X3-N-X4-Q-X5-S-T-X6-Q-X7-A-R-X8;
wherein:
X1 comprises an amino acid sequence comprising
SDSPVDLKPKPKVKPKLERPKLYKVMLLNDDYT (Sequence ID No. 20);
X2 comprises an amino acid sequence comprising FVT;
X3 comprises an amino acid sequence comprising VLKAVF (Sequence ID No. 21);
X4 comprises an amino acid sequence comprising MSED (Sequence ID No. 22);
X5 comprises an amino acid sequence comprising GRRVMMTAHRFGSAVVVV (Sequence ID No. 23);
X6 comprises an amino acid sequence comprising RDIAETKAK (Sequence ID No. 24);
X7 comprises an amino acid sequence comprising ATDL (Sequence ID No. 25); and
X8 comprises an amino acid sequence comprising EAGFPLMFTTEPEE (Sequence ID No. 26),
such that a total percentage amount of substitutions and deletions to X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, X6, X7, and X8 is from 0% to less than 30%, exclusive of SDSPVDLKPKPKVKPKLERPKLYKVMLLNDDYTPMEFVTVVLKAVFRMSEDTGRRVM MTAHRFGSAVVVVCERDIAETKAKEATDLGKEAGFPLMFTTEPEE (Sequence ID No. 27), or
wherein the amino acid-specific binder comprises the amino acid sequence comprising NLEKIKKLRNVIKEIKKDNIKEADEHEKKEREKETSAWKVILYNDDIHKFSYVTDVIVKVV GQISKAKAHTITVEAHSTGQALILSTQKSKAEKYCQELQQNGLTVSIIHESQLKDKQKK (Sequence ID No. 10).
6. The process of claim 5 , wherein the amino acid sequence comprises:
(Sequence ID No. 1)
SDSPVDLKPKPKVKPKLERPKLYKVMLLNDDYTCPSFVTVVLK
AVFRMSEDTGRRVMMTAHRFGSAVVVVCERDIAETKAKEATDL
GKEAGFPLMFTTEPEE;
(Sequence ID No. 2)
SDSPVDLKPKPKVKPKLERPKLYKVMLLNDDYTCSWFVTVVLK
AVFRMSEDTGRRVMMTAHRFGSAVVVVCERDIAETKAKEATDL
GKEAGFPLMFTTEPEE;
(Sequence ID No. 3)
SDSPVDLKPKPKVKPKLERPKLYKVMLLNDDYTPMSFVTVVLK
AVFRMSEDTGRRVMMTAHRFGSAVVVVCERDIAETKAKEATDL
GKEAGFPLMFTTEPEE;
(Sequence ID No. 4)
SDSPVDLKPKPKVKPKLERPKLYKVMLLNDDYTSGRFVTVVLK
AVFRMSEDTGRRVMMTAHRFGSAVVVVCERDIAETKAKEATDL
GKEAGFPLMFTTEPEE;
(Sequence ID No. 5)
SDSPVDLKPKPKVKPKLERPKLYKVMLLNDDYTPMPFVTWLKA
VFRMSEDTGRRVMMTAHRFGSAVVWCERDIAETKAKEATDLGK
EAGFPLMFTTEPEE;
(Sequence ID No. 6)
SDSPVDLKPKPKVKPKLERPKLYKVMLLNDDYTPREFVTVVLK
AVFRMSEDTGRRVMMTAHRFGSAVVVVSERDIAETKAKEATDL
GKEAGFPLMFTTEPEE;
(Sequence ID No. 7)
SDSPVDLKPKPKVKPKLERPKLYKVMLLNDDYTPREFVTEVLK
AVFNMSEDQGRRVMMTAHRFGSAVVGVCTRDIAETKAKQATDL
AREAGFPLMFTTEPEE;
(Sequence ID No. 8)
SDSPVDLKPKPKVKPKLERPKLYKVMLLNDDYTPMSFVTEVLK
AVFNMSEDQGRRVMMTAHRFGSAVVGVSTRDIAETKAKQATDL
AREAGFPLMFTTEPEE;
or
(Sequence ID No. 10)
NLEKIKKLRNVIKEIKKDNIKEADEHEKKEREKETSAWKVILY
NDDIHKFSYVTDVIVKVVGQISKAKAHTITVEAHSTGQALILS
TWKSKAEKYCQELQQNGLTVSIIHESQLKDKQKK.
7. The process of claim 5 , further comprising:
removing the N-terminal amino acid from the anchored analyte so that a penultimate residue becomes the N-terminal amino acid of the anchored analyte;
contacting the N-terminal amino acid of the anchored analyte with the binder complex;
selectively binding the amino acid-specific binder of the binder complex to the N-terminal amino acid of the anchored analyte when the N-terminal amino acid is the binding amino acid to form the tagged complex;
subjecting the taggant of the tagged complex to the stimulus;
producing, by the taggant of the tagged complex, the taggant signal in response to the stimulus;
detecting the taggant signal; and
identifying the N-terminal amino acid based on the taggant signal.
8. The process of claim 5 , further comprising:
converting the N-terminal amino acid to an inert residue;
converting a penultimate residue to be the N-terminal amino acid when the inert residue is produced;
contacting the N-terminal amino acid of the anchored analyte with the binder complex;
selectively binding the amino acid-specific binder of the binder complex to the N-terminal amino acid of the anchored analyte when the N-terminal amino acid is the binding amino acid to form the tagged complex;
subjecting the taggant of the tagged complex to the stimulus;
producing, by the taggant of the tagged complex, the taggant signal in response to the stimulus;
detecting the taggant signal; and
identifying the N-terminal amino acid based on the taggant signal.
9. The process of claim 8 , wherein converting the N-terminal amino acid to the inert residue comprises chemically changing the N-terminal amino acid prior to producing the inert residue.
10. The process of claim 9 , wherein chemically changing the N-terminal amino acid prior to producing the inert residue comprises phosphorylating a free amine of the N-terminal amino acid.
11. A process for selectively isolating an analyte, the process comprising:
contacting an amino acid-specific binder with an analyte comprising a protein, a peptide, an amino acid, or a combination comprising at least one of foregoing;
selectively binding the amino acid-specific binder to the N-terminal amino acid of the analyte when the N-terminal amino acid comprises a binding amino acid to form an isolation complex;
separating the isolation complex from a fluid in which the isolation complex is disposed to selectively isolating the analyte,
wherein the amino acid-specific binder binds selectively to the binding amino acid, and the amino acid-specific binder comprises the amino acid sequence comprising:
a first amino acid sequence comprising X1-C-P-S-X2-V-X3-R-X4-T-X5-C-E-X6-E-X7-G-K-X8;
a second amino acid sequence comprising X1-C-S-W-X2-V-X3-R-X4-T-X5-C-E-X6-E-X7-G-K-X8;
a third amino acid sequence comprising X1-P-M-S-X2-V-X3-R-X4-T-X5-C-E-X6-E-X7-G-K-X8;
a fourth amino acid sequence comprising X1-S-G-R-X2-V-X3-R-X4-T-X5-C-E-X6-E-X7-G-K-X8;
a fifth amino acid sequence comprising X1-P-M-P-X2-V-X3-R-X4-T-X5-C-E-X6-E-X7-G-K-X8;
a sixth amino acid sequence comprising X1-P-R-E-X2-V-X3-R-X4-T-X5-S-E-X6-E-X7-G-K-X8;
a seventh amino acid sequence comprising X1-P-R-E-X2-E-X3-N-X4-Q-X5-C-T-X6-Q-X7-A-R-X8;
or an eighth amino acid sequence comprising X1-P-M-S-X2-E-X3-N-X4-Q-X5-S-T-X6-Q-X7-A-R-X8;
wherein:
X1 comprises an amino acid sequence comprising
SDSPVDLKPKPKVKPKLERPKLYKVMLLNDDYT (Sequence ID No. 20);
X2 comprises an amino acid sequence comprising FVT;
X3 comprises an amino acid sequence comprising VLKAVF (Sequence ID No. 21);
X4 comprises an amino acid sequence comprising MSED (Sequence ID No. 22);
X5 comprises an amino acid sequence comprising GRRVMMTAHRFGSAVVVV (Sequence ID No. 23);
X6 comprises an amino acid sequence comprising RDIAETKAK (Sequence ID No. 24);
X7 comprises an amino acid sequence comprising ATDL (Sequence ID No. 25); and
X8 comprises an amino acid sequence comprising EAGFPLMFTTEPEE (Sequence ID No. 26),
such that a total percentage amount of substitutions and deletions to X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, X6, X7, and X8 is from 0% to less than 30%, exclusive of SDSPVDLKPKPKVKPKLERPKLYKVMLLNDDYTPMEFVTVVLKAVFRMSEDTGRRVM MTAHRFGSAVVVVCERDIAETKAKEATDLGKEAGFPLMFTTEPEE (Sequence ID No. 27), or
wherein the amino acid-specific binder comprises the amino acid sequence comprising NLEKIKKLRNVIKEIKKDNIKEADEHEKKEREKETSAWKVILYNDDIHKFSYVTDVIVKVV GQISKAKAHTITVEAHSTGQALILSTQKSKAEKYCQELQQNGLTVSIIHESQLKDKQKK (Sequence ID No. 10).
12. The process of claim 11 , wherein the amino acid sequence comprises:
(Sequence ID No. 1)
SDSPVDLKPKPKVKPKLERPKLYKVMLLNDDYTCPSFVTWLKA
VFRMSEDTGRRVMMTAHRFGSAVVVVCERDIAETKAKEATDLG
KEAGFPLMFTTEPEE;
(Sequence ID No. 2)
SDSPVDLKPKPKVKPKLERPKLYKVMLLNDDYTCSWFVTVVLK
AVFRMSEDTGRRVMMTAHRFGSAVVVVCERDIAETKAKEATDL
GKEAGFPLMFTTEPEE;
(Sequence ID No. 3)
SDSPVDLKPKPKVKPKLERPKLYKVMLLNDDYTPMSFVTVVLK
AVFRMSEDTGRRVMMTAHRFGSAVVVVCERDIAETKAKEATDL
GKEAGFPLMFTTEPEE;
(Sequence ID No. 4)
SDSPVDLKPKPKVKPKLERPKLYKVMLLNDDYTSGRFVTVVLK
AVFRMSEDTGRRVMMTAHRFGSAVVVVCERDIAETKAKEATDL
GKEAGFPLMFTTEPEE;
(Sequence ID No. 5)
SDSPVDLKPKPKVKPKLERPKLYKVMLLNDDYTPMPFVTVVLK
AVFRMSEDTGRRVMMTAHRFGSAVVVVCERDIAETKAKEATDL
GKEAGFPLMFTTEPEE;
(Sequence ID No. 6)
SDSPVDLKPKPKVKPKLERPKLYKVMLLNDDYTPREFVTVVLK
AVFRMSEDTGRRVMMTAHRFGSAVVVVSERDIAETKAKEATDL
GKEAGFPLMFTTEPEE;
(Sequence ID No. 7)
SDSPVDLKPKPKVKPKLERPKLYKVMLLNDDYTPREFVTEVLK
AVFNMSEDQGRRVMMTAHRFGSAVVGVCTRDIAETKAKQATDL
AREAGFPLMFTTEPEE;
(Sequence ID No. 8)
SDSPVDLKPKPKVKPKLERPKLYKVMLLNDDYTPMSFVTEVLK
AVFNMSEDQGRRVMMTAHRFGSAVVGVSTRDIAETKAKQATDL
AREAGFPLMFTTEPEE;
or
(Sequence ID No. 10)
NLEKIKKLRNVIKEIKKDNIKEADEHEKKEREKETSAWKVILY
NDDIHKFSYVTDVIVKVVGQISKAKAHTITVEAHSTGQAULST
WKSKAEKYCQELQQNGLTVSIIHESQLKDKQKK.
13. The process of claim 11 , wherein separating the isolation complex from the fluid in which the isolation complex is disposed comprises;
separating the isolation complex based on a size of the isolation complex relative to a size of other constituents in the fluid;
precipitating the isolation complex from the fluid;
centrifuging; or
a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing separations.
14. The process of claim 11 , wherein the amino acid-specific binder is a member of a binder complex.
15. The process of claim 14 , wherein the binder complex comprises:
the amino acid-specific binder; and
an adjunct attached to the amino acid-specific binder.
16. The process of claim 15 , wherein the adjunct comprises a taggant, a protein, a substrate, or a chemical modifier.
17. The process of claim 16 , wherein the taggant comprises:
a fluorescent moiety, an electrochemical moiety, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing moieties, and
the taggant produces a taggant signal in response to receiving a stimulus.
18. The process of claim 17 , further comprising:
subjecting the taggant of the isolation complex to a stimulus;
producing, by the taggant of the isolation complex, a taggant signal in response to the stimulus;
detecting the taggant signal; and
identifying the N-terminal amino acid based on the taggant signal.
19. The process of claim 17 , wherein the stimulus comprises a photon; and
the taggant signal comprises fluorescence emitted from the taggant.
20. The process of claim 11 , further comprising:
contacting the amino acid-specific binder with an adjunct to form a binder complex prior to contacting the amino acid-specific binder with the analyte.