Frontiers in Plant Science (Feb 2018)

Nanobody-Directed Specific Degradation of Proteins by the 26S-Proteasome in Plants

  • Bianca Baudisch,
  • Ingrid Pfort,
  • Eberhard Sorge,
  • Udo Conrad

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.00130
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9

Abstract

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Here, we present data showing the directed degradation of target proteins recognized by a specific nanobody in transgenic plants. Green fluorescent protein was depleted by a chimeric nanobody fused to a distinct F-box domain, which enables protein degradation via the ubiquitin proteasome pathway. This technique could thus be used to knock out other proteins of interest in planta using specific, high-affinity binding proteins.

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