Comprehensive single site saturation mutagenesis (SSM) libraries were constructed using nicking mutagenesis exactly as described (Wren-beck et al., 2016 (link)). All mutagenic oligos were designed using Quik Change primer design Program (Agilent) and were ordered from IDT (Coralville, IA). For pro-cNGF, two separate libraries were prepared: library 1 covered residues Glu-102-Asn-52 and library 2 covered residues Ile-51-Arg0. For proΔ1,2-cNGF, the library covered residues Gln-55-Arg0. For conformational epitope mapping pro.v4-cNGF was split into two libraries, with library 1 covering residues Ser1-Asp60 and library 2 covering residues Pro61-Ala120. Library plasmid DNA was transformed into chemically competent S. cerevisiae EBY100, grown, and stored in yeast storage buffer at −80°C exactly according to published protocols (Medina-Cucurella & Whitehead, 2018 (link)).