Sun Lee

Mr. Sun Lee

Biochemistry, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Academic Career Length

2Years (2025-Present)

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19 September 2025 in Antibodies
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SLSun Lee
Sun Lee
SPSeoryeong Park
Seoryeong Park
Hyunji YangHyunji Yang
Hyunji Yang
GCGeummi Cho
Geummi Cho
SLSeung Youn Lee
Seung Youn Lee
JCJunho Chung
Junho Chung
Background/Objectives: Calsequestrin (CSQ) is a calcium-binding protein that is highly soluble and can serve as a solubility-enhancing fusion tag in recombinant protein expression. Its unique property of calcium-induced precipitation followed by EDTA-mediated resolubilization enables efficient purification. However, the broader application of CSQ-tagged proteins in research have been hampered by the lack of reliable anti-CSQ detection reagents. This study aimed to develop single-domain antibodies (sdAbs) against CSQ for use in diverse immunoassays and cell-based analyses. Methods: Single-domain antibodies were selected from phage-displayed chicken VH libraries generated from CSQ-immunized chickens. After biopanning, CSQ-specific VH sdAb clones were isolated and expressed as VH–human kappa light chain constant region (VH-Cκ) fusion proteins in E. coli. The PE06 clone was chosen for further characterization and conjugated to horseradish peroxidase (HRP) and Alexa Fluor 647 for assay applications. Results: PE06 VH-Cκ fusion protein demonstrated specific binding to CSQ-tagged proteins and enabled reliable detection in enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), immunoblotting, and flow cytometry. These results validated its utility as a chemically defined detection reagent for CSQ fusion proteins expressed in E. coli. Conclusions: This study establishes a CSQ-specific chicken VH sdAb as a versatile detection tool for CSQ-tagged proteins. The approach expands the utility of CSQ as a protein fusion tag and enables the development of recombinant antibodies fused with CSQ, such as scFv-CSQ constructs, for broad application in research and assay systems.