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PDBsum entry 1fbi

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Complex (antibody/antigen) PDB id
1fbi
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Protein chains
214 a.a. *
221 a.a. *
129 a.a. *
* Residue conservation analysis

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Key reference
Title Crystal structure of a cross-Reaction complex between FAB f9.13.7 and guinea fowl lysozyme.
Authors J.Lescar, M.Pellegrini, H.Souchon, D.Tello, R.J.Poljak, N.Peterson, M.Greene, P.M.Alzari.
Ref. J Biol Chem, 1995, 270, 18067-18076.
PubMed id 7629116
Note In the PDB file this reference is annotated as "TO BE PUBLISHED". The citation details given above were identified by an automated search of PubMed on title and author names, giving a percentage match of 91%.
Abstract
The crystal structure of the complex between the cross-reacting antigen Guinea fowl lysozyme and the Fab from monoclonal antibody F9.13.7, raised against hen egg lysozyme, has been determined by x-ray diffraction to 3-A resolution. The antibody interacts with exposed residues of an alpha-helix and surrounding loops adjacent to the lysozyme active site cleft. The epitope of lysozyme bound by antibody F9.13.7 overlaps almost completely with that bound by antibody HyHEL10; the same 12 residues of the antigen interact with the two antibodies. The antibodies, however, have different combining sites with no sequence homology at any of their complementarity-determining regions and show a dissimilar pattern of cross-reactivity with heterologous antigens. Side chain mobility of epitope residues contributes to confer steric and electrostatic complementarity to differently shaped combining sites, allowing functional mimicry to occur. The capacity of two antibodies that have different fine specificities to bind the same area of the antigen emphasizes the operational character of the definition of an antigenic determinant. This example demonstrates that degenerate binding of the same structural motif does not require the existence of sequence homology or other chemical similarities between the different binding sites.
Secondary reference #1
Title Crystal structures of pheasant and guinea fowl egg-White lysozymes.
Authors J.Lescar, H.Souchon, P.M.Alzari.
Ref. Protein Sci, 1994, 3, 788-798. [DOI no: 10.1002/pro.5560030508]
PubMed id 8061608
Full text Abstract
Figure 2.
Fig. 2. Electron density 2F0 - F,) maps contoured at 1.00. oop 100-14 of PHL, (A)and PHLb (B), conserved inter- nal olvent molecules in PHL, (C) and GEL D), stack- ing interactions of 62 n GEL (E).
Figure 6.
Fig. 6. Superposition of PHL, (blue) andPHLb (red) showing thedifferent conformations adopted by the N-terminal Gly 0 residue. The Ccz atoms of 41 and of the side chains thatform ahydro- en bond with the NH3-group are labeled.
The above figures are reproduced from the cited reference which is an Open Access publication published by the Protein Society
Secondary reference #2
Title Crystallization, Preliminary X-Ray diffraction study, And crystal packing of a complex between anti-Hen lysozyme antibody f9.13.7 and guinea-Fowl lysozyme.
Authors J.Lescar, M.M.Riottot, H.Souchon, V.Chitarra, G.A.Bentley, J.Navaza, P.M.Alzari, R.J.Poljak.
Ref. Proteins, 1993, 15, 209-212.
PubMed id 7680133
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