System to detect small molecule/peptide interaction

US5846722A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Terrapin Technologies, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Lawrence M. Kauvar · San Francisco, US
• Eugene W. Napolitano · San Francisco, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 16, 1996
• Grant date: Dec 8, 1998
• Expiry date: Oct 16, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07K2319/81
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Improved methods for determining interactions between peptides or proteins and small molecules are disclosed. The invention methods can be used to screen libraries of either the small molecules or the proteins. In general, the methods comprise contacting an agent/ligand complex consisting essentially of an agent to be tested for binding to a target protein coupled to a ligand capable of binding a proteinaceous ligand-binding domain with a first fusion protein comprising said target protein and a first complementary portion of a segregable protein; and a second fusion protein comprising a proteinaceous ligand-binding domain and a second complementary portion of said segregable protein; and detecting whether the first complementary portion and second complementary portion are brought into proximity.