1f3d
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| - | The crystal structure of the complex of a catalytic antibody with its | + | The crystal structure of the complex of a catalytic antibody with its cationic hapten at 1.9-A resolution demonstrates that the hapten amidinium group is stabilized through an ionic pair interaction with the carboxylate of a combining-site residue. The location of this carboxylate allows it to act as a general base in an allylic rearrangement. When compared with structures of other antibody complexes in which the positive moiety of the hapten is stabilized mostly by cation-pi interactions, this structure shows that the amidinium moiety is a useful candidate to elicit a carboxylate in an antibody combining site at a predetermined location with respect to the hapten. More generally, this structure highlights the advantage of a bidentate hapten for the programmed positioning of a chemically reactive residue in an antibody through charge complementarity to the hapten. |
==About this Structure== | ==About this Structure== | ||
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CATALYTIC ANTIBODY 4B2 IN COMPLEX WITH ITS AMIDINIUM HAPTEN.
Overview
The crystal structure of the complex of a catalytic antibody with its cationic hapten at 1.9-A resolution demonstrates that the hapten amidinium group is stabilized through an ionic pair interaction with the carboxylate of a combining-site residue. The location of this carboxylate allows it to act as a general base in an allylic rearrangement. When compared with structures of other antibody complexes in which the positive moiety of the hapten is stabilized mostly by cation-pi interactions, this structure shows that the amidinium moiety is a useful candidate to elicit a carboxylate in an antibody combining site at a predetermined location with respect to the hapten. More generally, this structure highlights the advantage of a bidentate hapten for the programmed positioning of a chemically reactive residue in an antibody through charge complementarity to the hapten.
About this Structure
1F3D is a Protein complex structure of sequences from Mus musculus with and as ligands. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
Reference
Structural evidence for a programmed general base in the active site of a catalytic antibody., Golinelli-Pimpaneau B, Goncalves O, Dintinger T, Blanchard D, Knossow M, Tellier C, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 Aug 29;97(18):9892-5. PMID:10963661
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