Chemical synthesis and recombinant protein expression


  • ‣ Since knottins are considered as interesting leads or scaffolds in drug design, it is necessary that these miniproteins can be obtained easily
  • ‣ As they are very small proteins, many knottins were obtained by chemical synthesis
  • ‣ Several linear and cyclic knottins were also obtained using recombinant technologies
  • ‣ Main techniques used to prepare knottins (including cyclic knottins) are outlined below

Knottins can be obtained either:


Synthesis

Expression

Protease inhibitors

Cyclotides

Toxins

Others

Others

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