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dc.contributor.advisorGhosh, Indraneel
dc.contributor.authorSugerman, Samuel Miles
dc.creatorSugerman, Samuel Miles
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-18T20:33:12Z
dc.date.available2022-08-18T20:33:12Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.identifier.citationSugerman, Samuel Miles. (2022). Post-Translational Protein Switches: Novel and Selective Control in Human Cells (Doctoral dissertation, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA).
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/665619
dc.description.abstractControlling enzymes in a monospecific fashion is significant in the study and treatment of metabolic diseases and is a fundamental scientific investigation. There exists a gap in our ability to isolate the function of any one protein within complex signaling networks. We lack adequate tools to specifically probe a single protein functioning in a dynamic network without off-target interactions or crosstalk with other cellular proteins.Here, we present two turn-on switches to interrogate protein signaling pathways. The first switch is a domain insertion turn-on switch that we engineer toward selective interactions. In the process, we highlight discrepancies between observed selectivity in vitro and a lack of correlation in the specificity within cellular environments. The second switch is a first-in-class chemically-induced dimerization complex that we use to reassemble split enzymes. Both switches are built using the protein Bcl-xL. Our last pursuit is to generate a Bcl-xL phage-displayed library that can be used to select for potentially-novel interactions with BH3 peptide binding partners. We hypothesize that there is potential to engineer selective protein switches within human cells based on these technologies.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherThe University of Arizona.
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dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
dc.subjectdomain insertion
dc.subjectinducible protein switch
dc.subjectprotein engineering
dc.subjectprotein switches
dc.subjectprotein turn-on
dc.subjectsplit protein
dc.titlePost-Translational Protein Switches: Novel and Selective Control in Human Cells
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dc.typeElectronic Dissertation
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Arizona
thesis.degree.leveldoctoral
dc.contributor.committeememberCharest, Pascale
dc.contributor.committeememberCordes, Matthew
dc.contributor.committeememberJewett, John
dc.description.releaseRelease after 08/05/2024
thesis.degree.disciplineGraduate College
thesis.degree.disciplineBiochemistry
thesis.degree.namePh.D.


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