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Crystal-structure of a peptide complex of antiinfluenza peptide antibody-Fab-26/9 - comparison of 2 different antibodies bound to the same peptide antigen

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authors

  • Churchill, M. E. A.
  • Stura, E. A.
  • Pinilla, C.
  • Appel, J. R.
  • Houghten, R. A.
  • Kono, Dwight
  • Balderas, R. S.
  • Fieser, G. G.
  • Schulzegahmen, U.
  • Wilson, Ian

publication date

  • August 1994

journal

  • Journal of Molecular Biology  Journal

abstract

  • The three-dimensional structure of the complex of a second anti-peptide antibody (Fab 26/9) that recognizes the same six-residue epitope of an immunogenic peptide from influenza virus hemagglutinin (HA1; 75-110) as Fab 17/9 with the peptide has been determined at 2.8 A resolution. The amino acid sequence of the variable region of the 26/9 antibody differs in 24 positions from that of 17/9, the first antibody in this series for which several ligand-bound and free structures have been determined and refined. Comparison of the 26/9-peptide with the 17/9-peptide complex structures shows that the two Fabs are very similar (r.m.s.d. 0.5 to 0.8 A) and that the peptide antigen (101-107) has virtually the same conformation (r.m.s.d. 0.3 to 0.8 A) when bound to both antibodies. A sequence difference in the 26/9 binding pocket (L94; His in 26/9, Asn in 17/9) results in an interaction with a bound water molecule that is not seen in the 17/9 structures. Epitope mapping shows that the relative specificity of 26/9 and 17/9 antibodies for individual positions of the peptide antigen are slightly different. Amino acid substitutions in the peptide, particularly at position SerP107, are tolerated to different extents by 17/9 and 26/9. Structural and sequence analysis suggests that amino acid differences near the peptide-binding site are responsible for altering slightly the specificity of 26/9 for three peptide residues and illustrates how amino acid substitutions can modify antibody-antigen interactions and thereby modulate antibody specificity.

subject areas

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Antibodies, Viral
  • Antigen-Antibody Reactions
  • Base Sequence
  • Binding Sites, Antibody
  • Crystallization
  • Crystallography
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
  • Epitopes
  • Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus
  • Hemagglutinins, Viral
  • Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments
  • Models, Molecular
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Peptide Fragments
  • Protein Conformation
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Research

keywords

  • ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY
  • ANTIBODY-ANTIGEN INTERACTIONS
  • EPITOPE MAPPING
  • SEQUENCE ANALYSIS
  • X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY
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Identity

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0022-2836

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1006/jmbi.1994.1530

PubMed ID

  • 7520084
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Additional Document Info

start page

  • 534

end page

  • 556

volume

  • 241

issue

  • 4

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