Described herein is a
protein display
selection method which uncouples a
protein of interest (POI)
library from the display
selection system. Display of the POI can be achieved by forming a
covalent bond between the POI and the anchor
protein post expression either by enzymatic protein
ligation (e.g. SpyLigase, SnoopLigase,
sortase, butelase, peptiligase etc.) or by spontaneous
covalent bond formation (e.g. SpyTag / SpyCatcher, SnoopTag / SnoopCatcher, etc.). The POI
library is fused to a
tethering sequence, for example SpyTag, at the C-terminus of the POI which then forms a
covalent bond to a capture sequence found on an anchor protein, for example, the SpyCatcher-fused anchor protein, e.g., a SpyCatcher-geneIII protein (SpyCatcher-pIII) fusion, for the most common form of
phage display.
Nucleic acid constructs, host
cell systems and methods of producing the protein display systems are also provided.