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Dihydroneopterin aldolase (Table 1, entry 8) Inhibitors (such as 33) of dihydro-neopterin aldolase were identified using high throughput X-ray-based fragment screening of a 10,000 member random library [43]. Structure-guided optimisation gave potent leads such as 35. 

In the DCC SELEX screen, aldehydes, the TAR RNA target, and a random library of 2 -amino RNAs were allowed to equilibrate. Next, the TAR RNA target and bound ligands were separated from the aptamer library. The selected 2 -amino RNAs that bound the TAR RNA target were then reverse transcribed into DNA and PCR amplified. These double-stranded... 

Key words High-throughput chemistry, chemical library, random library, targeted library, optimization library, library design, biological activity, drug discovery. 

Nonoligomeric libraries. Peptide and peptoid libraries are examples of oligomeric (polymeric) libraries made up of repeating monomers (a-amino acids, A-substitutcd glycines). Random libraries composed of nonoligomeric compounds have been extensively explored. One illustration comes from the former laboratories at Organon (Fig. 1.6) (16). Thirteen different secondary amino-phenol inputs were attached to solid support by reaction with REM resin yielding resin-bound b-amino propionates. Two-site derivatization was then used to drive library diversity. The free phenolic OH was subjected to O-alkylation,... 

By similar logic, protein affinity libraries have been constructed to identify protein—protein combining sites, as in antibody—antigen interaction (19) and recombinant libraries have been made which produce a repertoire of antibodies in E. coli (20). In another case, a potential DNA-based therapeutic strategy has been studied (21). DNAs from a partially randomized library were sdected to bind thrombin in vitro. Oligonucleotides, termed aptamers that bound thrombin shared a conserved sequence 14—17 nudeotides long. 

Fig. 8.1. Generalized selection cycle for in vitro evolution of an RNA catalyst. Random libraries are PCR-amplified, transcribed, modified with a tethered reactant, reacted with a second substrate in solution, and reverse-transcribed. Active RNA/cDNA library constructs are separated from inactive ones so that they can enter the next cycle of selection.

Fig. 8.2. Design of a syn tire tic DNA random library template for use as starting material for in vitro selection. Various sites are engineered into this construct to allow for PCR by Taq polymerase, transcription by T7 RNA polymerase, and ligation with T4 DNA ligase. This construct also includes a 100-nucleotide region of random sequence that will become the evolved catalytic region.

Gel purification is a rapid and efficient way of isolating nucleic acids of the appropriate size from syntheses, PCR reactions, ligations, or tethered product-binding reactions. For preparative separation of random libraries (—150 bases) the following two types of polyacrylamide gels are used ... 

In 1991, we first introduced the one-bead one-compound (OBOC ) combinatorial library method.1 Since then, it has been successfully applied to the identification of ligands for a large number of biological targets.2,3 Using well-established on-bead binding or functional assays, the OBOC method is highly efficient and practical. A random library of millions of beads can be rapidly screened in parallel for a specific acceptor molecule (receptor, antibody, enzyme, virus, etc.). The amount of acceptor needed is minute compared to solution phase assay in microtiter plates. The positive beads with active compounds are easily isolated and subjected to structural determination. For peptides that contain natural amino acids and have a free N-terminus, we routinely use an automatic protein sequencer with Edman chemistry, which converts each a-amino acid sequentially to its phenylthiohydantoin (PTH) derivatives, to determine the structure of peptide on the positive beads. 

Natural products have been identified as the active principle of herbs and extracts used in folk medicine [1], The importance of natural products in the pharmaceutical industry has continued to the present day and is reflected by the fact that close to half of the best selling pharmaceuticals are either natural products (e.g. cyclosporine, Taxol, FK 506) or derivatives thereof [3]. In high throughput screening processes performed by the pharmaceutical industry natural product extracts exhibit a hit rate which is estimated to be substantially higher than the hit rate of random libraries from combinatorial chemistry. Natural products such as epothilones, discodermolide or ecteinascidin are promising clinical candidates for future cancer treatment. 

A similar approach was followed for displaying a random library of 20-mers using a wheat germ uncoupled transcription and translation system (Gersuk et al., 1997), and several peptides were isolated that bound to prostate-specific antigen, but not to bovine serum albumin. No affinities were reported. 

Salmon SE, Lam KS, Lebl M, Kandola A, Khattri PS, Wade S, Patek M, Kocis P, Krchnak Y, Thorpe D, Felder S, Discovery of biologically active peptides in random libraries Solution-phase testing after staged orthogonal release from resin beads, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 90 11708-11712, 1993. 

Wu J, Ma QN, Lam KS, Identifying substrate motifs of protein kinases by a random library approach, Biochemistry, 33 14825-14833, 1994. 

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