Structural highlights
3okm is a 2 chain structure with sequence from Mus musculus. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
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| Related: | 3okd, 3oke, 3okk, 3mhl, 3mhn, 3mho |
| Resources: | FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT |
Publication Abstract from PubMed
The crystal structures of the antigen-binding fragment of the murine monoclonal antibody (mAb) S25-39 in the presence of several antigens representing chlamydial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) epitopes based on the bacterial sugar 3-deoxy-alpha-d-manno-oct-2-ulosonic acid (Kdo) have been determined at resolutions from 2.4 to 1.8 A. The antigen-binding site of this antibody differs from the well-characterized antibody S25-2 by a single mutation away from the germline of asparagine H53 to lysine, yet this one mutation results in a significant increase in avidity across a range of antigens. A comparison of the two antibody structures reveals that the mutated Lys H53 forms additional hydrogen bonds and/or charged-residue interactions with the second Kdo residue of every antigen having two or more carbohydrate residues. Significantly, the NH53K mutation results from a single nucleotide substitution in the germline sequence common among a panel of antibodies raised against glycoconjugates containing carbohydrate epitopes of chlamydial LPS. Like S25-2, S25-39 displays significant induced fit of complementarity determining region (CDR) H3 upon antigen binding, with the unliganded structure possessing a conformation distinct from those reported earlier for S25-2. The four different observed conformations for CDR H3 suggest that this CDR has evolved to exploit the recognition potential of a flexible loop while minimizing the associated entropic penalties of binding by adopting a limited number of ordered conformations in the unliganded state. These observations reveal strategies evolved to balance adaptability and specificity in the germline antibody response to carbohydrate antigens.
A Common NH53K Mutation in the Combining Site of Antibodies Raised against Chlamydial LPS Glycoconjugates Significantly Increases Avidity.,Blackler RJ, Muller-Loennies S, Brooks CL, Evans DW, Brade L, Kosma P, Brade H, Evans SV Biochemistry. 2011 Apr 1. PMID:21405106[1]
From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
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References
- ↑ Blackler RJ, Muller-Loennies S, Brooks CL, Evans DW, Brade L, Kosma P, Brade H, Evans SV. A Common NH53K Mutation in the Combining Site of Antibodies Raised against Chlamydial LPS Glycoconjugates Significantly Increases Avidity. Biochemistry. 2011 Apr 1. PMID:21405106 doi:10.1021/bi101886v
