A library-derived peptide inhibitor of the BZLF1 transcription factor.
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Transcription factor dysregulation is associated with many diseases, including cancer. Peptide-based molecules are increasingly recognised as important modulators of difficult intracellular protein-protein interaction targets, with peptide library screening consequently proven to be a viable strategy in developing inhibitors against a wide range of transcription factors (TFs). However, current strategies simply select the highest affinity of binding to a target TF rather than the ability to inhibit TF function. Here, we utilise our Transcription Block Survival (TBS) screening platform to enable high-throughput identification of peptides that inhibit TFs from binding to cognate DNA sites, hence inhibiting functionality. In this study, we explore whether the TBS can be expanded to derive a potent and functional peptide inhibitor of the BZLF1 transcription factor. The library-derived peptide, AcidicW, is shown to form a more stable dimer with BZLF1 than the BZLF1 homodimer, with a thermal denaturation temperature exceeding 80°C. AcidicW can also functionally inhibit the BZLF1:TRE DNA interaction with high potency and an IC50 of 612 nM.
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Publication status: Published
Funder: University of Bath; doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000835
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1099-1387
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Medical Research Council (MR/T028254/1)
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BB/R017956/1)