Improved GPCR ligands from nanobody tethering

Antibodies conjugated to bioactive compounds can allow targeted delivery of therapeutics. Here the authors present a strategy for fusing nanobodies to suboptimal GPCR peptide ligands to potently and selectively activate receptors.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ross W. Cheloha, Fabian A. Fischer, Andrew W. Woodham, Eileen Daley, Naomi Suminski, Thomas J. Gardella, Hidde L. Ploegh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2020-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15884-8