The present invention provides a method for functionally classifying a protein that is capable of unfolding due to a thermal change. The method comprises screening one or more of a multiplicity of different molecules for their ability to shift the thermal unfolding curve of the protein, wherein a shift in the thermal unfolding curve indicates that the molecule binds to the protein or affects the stability in a measurable way; generating an activity spectrum for the protein wherein the activity spectrum reflects a set of molecules, from the multiplicity of molecules, that shift the thermal unfolding curve, of the protein and therefore are ligands that bind to the protein, comparing the activity spectrum for the protein to one or more functional reference spectrum lists; and classifying the protein according to the set of molecules in the multiplicity of different molecules that shift the thermal unfolding curve of the protein.
本发明提供了一种功能分类能够由于热变化而发生展开的蛋白质的方法。该方法包括筛选一种或多种不同分子的多
重组合,以检测它们移动蛋白质的热展开曲线的能力,其中热展开曲线的移动表示该分子结合到蛋白质或以可测量的方式影响其稳定性;生成蛋白质的活性谱,其中活性谱反映了从多重分子中移动蛋白质的热展开曲线的分子集,因此是结合到蛋白质的
配体;将蛋白质的活性谱与一个或多个功能参考谱列表进行比较;并根据多种不同分子的集合将蛋白质进行分类,这些分子移动蛋白质的热展开曲线。