General method for site-specific protein immobilization by Staudinger ligation.

Protein microarrays are playing an increasingly important role in the discovery and characterization of protein-ligand interactions. The uniform orientation conferred by site-specific immobilization is a demonstrable advantage in using such microarrays. Here, we report on a general strategy for fabricating gold surfaces displaying a protein in a uniform orientation. An azido group was installed at the C-terminus of a model protein, bovine pancreatic ribonuclease, by using the method of expressed protein ligation and a synthetic bifunctional reagent. This azido protein was immobilized by Staudinger ligation to a phosphinothioester-displaying self-assembled monolayer on a gold surface. Immobilization proceeded rapidly and selectively via the azido group. The immobilized enzyme retained its catalytic activity and was able to bind to its natural ligand, the ribonuclease inhibitor protein. This strategy provides a general means to fabricate microarrays displaying proteins in a uniform orientation.

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