Supernegatively charged proteins and uses thereof
AssigneesThe Broad Institute, Inc., President and Fellows of Harvard College
InventorsYongjoo Kim, David R. Liu, Kevin Tianmeng Zhao
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Abstract
Provided herein are compositions, systems, and methods for delivering an effector protein into a cell. The present disclosure, in some aspects, provide novel proteins delivering an effector protein into a cell. The novel proteins are supernegatively charged proteins derived from highly anionic proteins identified from the proteome (e.g., human proteome). The novel protein tags can be associated (e.g., covalently or nocovalently) with the protein to be delivered to facilitate delivery of the effector protein into a cell.
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A composition comprising a cationic lipid or a cationic polymer and a supernegatively charged protein associated with an effector protein, wherein the supernegatively charged protein is a prothymosin alpha (ProTα) fragment comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:
- 2 or 3.
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