Rigid, specific, and discrete gold nanoparticle/antibody conjugates |
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Authors: | Ackerson Christopher J Jadzinsky Pablo D Jensen Grant J Kornberg Roger D |
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Institution: | Department of Structural Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, California 94305, USA. |
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Abstract: | A general method of rigid, specific labeling of proteins with gold clusters has been devised. The method relies on the conjugation of a glutathione monolayer-protected gold cluster (MPC) with a single chain Fv antibody fragment (scFv), mutated to present an exposed cysteine residue. Efficient formation of a gold-thiolate bond between the MPC and scFv depends on activation of the gold cluster by chemical oxidation. Once formed, the MPC-scFv conjugate is treated with a reductant to quench cluster reactivity. The procedure has been performed with an MPC with an average Au(71) core and an scFv directed against a tetrameric protein, the influenza neuraminidase. A complex of the MPC-scFv conjugate with the neuraminidase was isolated, and the presence of four gold clusters was verified by cryoelectron microscopy. |
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