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      Scratching the Surface: Resurfacing Proteins to Endow New Properties and Function

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      Cell Chemical Biology
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          <p class="first" id="P2">Protein engineering is an emerging discipline that dovetails modern molecular biology techniques with high-throughput screening, laboratory evolution technologies, and computational approaches to modify sequence, structure, and in some cases, function and properties of proteins. The ultimate goal is to develop new proteins with improved or designer functions for use in biotechnology, medicine and basic research. One way to engineer proteins is to change their solvent exposed regions through focused or random ‘protein resurfacing’. In this review we explain what protein resurfacing is, and discuss recent examples of how this strategy is used to generate proteins with altered or broadened recognition profiles, improved stability, solubility, expression, cell penetrating ability, and reduced immunogenicity. Additionally, we comment on how these properties can be further improved using chemical resurfacing approaches. Protein resurfacing will likely play an increasingly important role as more biologics enter clinical use, and we present some arguments to support this view. </p>

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          Journal
          Cell Chemical Biology
          Cell Chemical Biology
          Elsevier BV
          24519456
          May 2016
          May 2016
          : 23
          : 5
          : 543-553
          Article
          10.1016/j.chembiol.2016.04.010
          4884651
          27203375
          1168164d-a639-4ca5-be19-ed393fe709b7
          © 2016

          https://www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/

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