Phage libraries screening on P53: Yield improvement by zinc and a new parasites-integrating analysis.

P53 is a transcription factor that controls a variety of genes, primarily involved in cell cycle and other processes related to cell survival and death. We have isolated peptides targeting P53 (protein and domains) using the "phage display" technique. Interestingly, adding ZnCl2 at 5-10 mM in panning solutions helped to recover more plaque-forming units at least at round one of the screening.

New Phage Display-Isolated Heptapeptide Recognizing the Regulatory Carboxy-Terminal Domain of Human Tumour Protein p53.

The transcription factor tumor protein p53 (P53) controls a variety of genes most involved in cell cycle and is at the origin of apoptosis when DNA is irreparably damaged. We planned to select novel tumor protein p53-interacting peptides through the screening of hepta-peptide phage-display libraries. For this aim, human tumor suppressor protein p53 was expressed in Escherichia coli as Glutathione S-transferase fusion and purified by affinity chromatography.