Artificial Ligands of Streptavidin (ALiS): Discovery, Characterization, and Application for Reversible Control of Intracellular Protein Transport
Terai, T., Kohno, M., Boncompain, G., Sugiyama, S., Saito, N., Fujikake, R., Ueno, T., Komatsu, T., Hanaoka, K., Okabe, T., Urano, Y., Perez, F., Nagano, T.(2015) J Am Chem Soc 137: 10464-10467
- PubMed: 26261872 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5b05672
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
4Y59, 4Y5D - PubMed Abstract: 
Artificial ligands of streptavidin (ALiS) with association constants of ∼10(6) M(-1) were discovered by high-throughput screening of our chemical library, and their binding characteristics, including X-ray crystal structure of the streptavidin complex, were determined. Unlike biotin and its derivatives, ALiS exhibits fast dissociation kinetics and excellent cell permeability. The streptavidin-ALiS system provides a novel, practical compound-dependent methodology for repeated reversible cycling of protein localization between intracellular organella.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Graduate School of Science, Osaka University , 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.