SpyLigase Irreversibly Locks Peptides Together for Efficient Cell Capture
Type
Blog Post
Published
Aug. 13, 2014, 3:49 p.m.
...no weak links in the chain.
Addgene: What about the Streptococcus pyogenes protein domain made it ideal...cover it.
Addgene: OK, thanks for your time, and thanks for depositing your plasmids with Addgene.
Howarth...lab at the University of Oxford is dedicated to generating new tools to manipulate biology based on molecular...based on a protein isolated from Streptococcus pyogenes that locks itself together, to produce irreversible...another important step forward by dissecting that S. pyogenes protein into three parts. Their efforts yielded... from the “S” in Streptococcus and the “py” in pyogenes), capable of locking two peptide tags together... and its potential uses.
Developing a new tool
Addgene: Where did you get the idea to develop SpyLigase...