1yuh
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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
| - | Affinity maturation of the immune response to nitrophenol-containing | + | Affinity maturation of the immune response to nitrophenol-containing antigens has been extensively investigated. Significant strides made during the past several years with the advent of PCR technology have provided a wealth of biochemical knowledge. Structural investigations of the phenomena have however been limited. We have determined the three-dimensional structure of the Fab fragment of 88C6/12, an anti-4-hydroxy-3-nitrophenyl acetic acid antibody complexed with the immunizing hapten and with a heteroclitic iodinated hapten. The crystallographic structure of the complexes reveals that the binding is stabilized by a number of hydrogen bonds and extensive van der Waals interactions between the hapten and the antibody. In addition, the Fab binding pocket contains a region of positive electrostatic potential well suited for interaction with the predominant resonance form of the nitrophenyl ring system. The observed heteroclicity towards the iodinated hapten is not a direct result of iodine-protein interactions, but results from the enhanced stability in the iodinated ring of the resonance form that binds the antibody. In addition this investigation provides a rationale for the strong preference for the substitution in the heavy chain from the germ-line gene encoded Trp 33 to Leu 33 in the mature anti-nitrophenol response. |
==About this Structure== | ==About this Structure== | ||
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Structural analysis of affinity maturation: the three-dimensional structures of complexes of an anti-nitrophenol antibody., Yuhasz SC, Parry C, Strand M, Amzel LM, Mol Immunol. 1995 Oct;32(14-15):1143-55. PMID:[http://ispc.weizmann.ac.il//pmbin/getpm?pmid=8544863 8544863] | Structural analysis of affinity maturation: the three-dimensional structures of complexes of an anti-nitrophenol antibody., Yuhasz SC, Parry C, Strand M, Amzel LM, Mol Immunol. 1995 Oct;32(14-15):1143-55. PMID:[http://ispc.weizmann.ac.il//pmbin/getpm?pmid=8544863 8544863] | ||
[[Category: Protein complex]] | [[Category: Protein complex]] | ||
| - | [[Category: Amzel, L | + | [[Category: Amzel, L M.]] |
[[Category: Parry, C.]] | [[Category: Parry, C.]] | ||
[[Category: Strand, M.]] | [[Category: Strand, M.]] | ||
| - | [[Category: Yuhasz, S | + | [[Category: Yuhasz, S C.]] |
[[Category: NP]] | [[Category: NP]] | ||
[[Category: anti-nitrophenol]] | [[Category: anti-nitrophenol]] | ||
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[[Category: lambda light chain]] | [[Category: lambda light chain]] | ||
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FAB FRAGMENT
Overview
Affinity maturation of the immune response to nitrophenol-containing antigens has been extensively investigated. Significant strides made during the past several years with the advent of PCR technology have provided a wealth of biochemical knowledge. Structural investigations of the phenomena have however been limited. We have determined the three-dimensional structure of the Fab fragment of 88C6/12, an anti-4-hydroxy-3-nitrophenyl acetic acid antibody complexed with the immunizing hapten and with a heteroclitic iodinated hapten. The crystallographic structure of the complexes reveals that the binding is stabilized by a number of hydrogen bonds and extensive van der Waals interactions between the hapten and the antibody. In addition, the Fab binding pocket contains a region of positive electrostatic potential well suited for interaction with the predominant resonance form of the nitrophenyl ring system. The observed heteroclicity towards the iodinated hapten is not a direct result of iodine-protein interactions, but results from the enhanced stability in the iodinated ring of the resonance form that binds the antibody. In addition this investigation provides a rationale for the strong preference for the substitution in the heavy chain from the germ-line gene encoded Trp 33 to Leu 33 in the mature anti-nitrophenol response.
About this Structure
1YUH is a Protein complex structure of sequences from [1] with as ligand. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
Reference
Structural analysis of affinity maturation: the three-dimensional structures of complexes of an anti-nitrophenol antibody., Yuhasz SC, Parry C, Strand M, Amzel LM, Mol Immunol. 1995 Oct;32(14-15):1143-55. PMID:8544863
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