PepSpots Peptides on Cellulose: Efficient Epitope Mapping

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PepSpots Peptides on Cellulose

Properties of PepSpots Peptide Arrays

Membrane-bound peptides synthesized directly on cellulose membranes by SPOT synthesis technology (SPOT peptide synthesis technique)

SPOT synthesis is a fast and economical technique for custom synthesis of hundreds of membrane peptides in parallel

Easy experimental procedure (like ELISA)

Inexpensive equipment needed

Flexible array and library formats

Comparison of PepSpots Peptide Arrays & PepStar™ Peptide Microarrays

Peptides attached via

C-terminus

N-terminus

Peptides purified

Yes

Read-out via

Chemiluminescence

Fluorescence

Regeneration possible

Reorder possible from same synthesis

Yes, up to several hundred

Immobilization of protein controls possible

Yes, up to 8 controls

Total incubation volume of diluted sample

Depends on number of peptides (several ml)

200 - 300 µl

Applicable to patient samples

Limited

Each peptide is displayed

Array surface

Cellulose membrane

Glass slide

Minimum order size

24 peptides

no minimum

Applications

Applications for PepSpots Peptides on Cellulose

Antibody epitope mapping

Functional characterization of mapped epitopes (e.g substitutional or truncation analyses): Which amino acids are critical for binding? Which amino acids are so called "key-residues”?

Receptor-ligand

Enzyme-substrate

Protein modules involved in signal transduction processes

Recognition sequences for heat shock proteins

Benefits

Benefits of PepSpots Peptides on Cellulose

Rapid, low-cost and accurate synthesis using robotics (SPOT Technology)

Hydrophilic surface of cellulose membranes

Minimization of unspecific hydrophobic interactions with target molecule

Easy detection using standard ELISA protocols

Testimonials

Testimonials for PepSpots Peptides on Cellulose

References

References for PepSpots Peptides on Cellulose

Helpful context for this guide

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Research context

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General research areas and applications

Antibody development and antibody characterization Antibody specificity testing, cross-reactivity assessment, and epitope binning Vaccine design and target evaluation Antibody and immune response profiling T cell epitope identification and cellular immune profiling T cell specificity assessment and comparison of antigen-specific responses Diagnostic and serological assay development Immune escape, variant analysis, and epitope conservation studies Mechanism-of-action studies and target engagement analysis Biomarker discovery Quality control and assay validation for immunological reagents/workflows

Source: jpt.com ↗

Common Study Designs

Overlapping peptide scan Useful for mapping continuous or linear epitopes across a protein sequence. Typical designs use peptides of fixed length with defined overlap, depending on the desired mapping resolution. Length or truncation scan Useful for narrowing a known active region to the shortest practical sequence that retains recognition or activity. Alanine scan Useful for identifying residues that contribute disproportionately to binding, structure, or biological effect. Replacement or positional scan Useful when the goal is not only to map a region but to improve or tune peptide behavior by systematic sequence changes. Scrambled peptide controls Useful as controls when testing whether a specific sequence order is important for recognition or function.

Source: lifetein.com ↗

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