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PDBsum entry 1nqb

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Immunoglobulin PDB id
1nqb

 

 

 

 

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Protein chains
232 a.a. *
Waters ×477
* Residue conservation analysis
PDB id:
1nqb
Name: Immunoglobulin
Title: Trivalent antibody fragment
Structure: Single-chain antibody fragment. Chain: a, c. Fragment: vh domain residues 2 - 120, vl domain residues 121 - 233. Synonym: variable heavy (vh) domain, variable light (vl) domain. Engineered: yes
Source: Mus musculus. House mouse. Organism_taxid: 10090. Cell_line: nq11 murine-murine hybridoma, b1-8 murine-murine hybridoma. Gene: b1-8 vh domain fused to nq11 v. Expressed in: escherichia coli. Expression_system_taxid: 562.
Biol. unit: Hexamer (from PDB file)
Resolution:
2.00Å     R-factor:   0.187     R-free:   0.230
Authors: R.L.Williams,X.Y.Pei
Key ref:
X.Y.Pei et al. (1997). The 2.0-A resolution crystal structure of a trimeric antibody fragment with noncognate VH-VL domain pairs shows a rearrangement of VH CDR3. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 94, 9637-9642. PubMed id: 9275175 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.94.18.9637
Date:
04-Apr-97     Release date:   20-Aug-97    
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Protein chains
P01751  (HVM07_MOUSE) - 
Key:    Secondary structure

 

 
DOI no: 10.1073/pnas.94.18.9637 Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 94:9637-9642 (1997)
PubMed id: 9275175  
 
 
The 2.0-A resolution crystal structure of a trimeric antibody fragment with noncognate VH-VL domain pairs shows a rearrangement of VH CDR3.
X.Y.Pei, P.Holliger, A.G.Murzin, R.L.Williams.
 
  ABSTRACT  
 
The 2.0-A resolution x-ray crystal structure of a novel trimeric antibody fragment, a "triabody," has been determined. The trimer is made up of polypeptides constructed in a manner identical to that previously described for some "diabodies": a VL domain directly fused to the C terminus of a VH domain-i.e., without any linker sequence. The trimer has three Fv heads with the polypeptides arranged in a cyclic, head-to-tail fashion. For the particular structure reported here, the polypeptide was constructed with a VH domain from one antibody fused to the VL domain from an unrelated antibody giving rise to "combinatorial" Fvs upon formation of the trimer. The structure shows that the exchange of the VL domain from antibody B1-8, a Vlambda domain, with the VL domain from antibody NQ11, a Vkappa domain, leads to a dramatic conformational change in the VH CDR3 loop of antibody B1-8. The magnitude of this change is similar to the largest of the conformational changes observed in antibody fragments in response to antigen binding. Combinatorial pairing of VH and VL domains constitutes a major component of antibody diversity. Conformationally flexible antigen-binding sites capable of adapting to the specific CDR3 loop context created upon VH-VL pairing may be employed by the immune system to maximize the structural diversity of the immune response.
 
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Figure 4.
Fig. 4. A comparison of the V[L]-V[H] orientations of the B1-8 (dashed lines) and B1-8/NQ11 (solid lines) Fvs. The C^ values of the B1-8 V[H] framework were superimposed on the B1-8/NQ11^ V[H] framework. The C^ positions of residues GlyH103 and TyrH106 are indicated by spheres (white for B1-8 and black for B1-8/NQ11).
Figure 5.
Fig. 5. Stereoview comparisons of the H3 loops in B1-8 and B1-8/NQ11. (a) A worm representation of the H3 loop in B1-8 (shaded lighter) superimposed on the H3 loop of B1-8/NQ11 (shaded darker). The^ molecular surface shown is that of the B1-8/NQ11 model with the^ H3 loop omitted. The surface of the V[H] domain is white and the^ general surface of the V[L] domain is light gray. The surface of^ Phe^L60 is shaded dark. The analogous residue in B1-8 is Ala^L57 that leaves space to accommodate the side chain of TyrH106 (shown in stick representation) in the B1-8 Fv. The presence^ of GlyL96 (shaded) leaves space to accommodate the side chain of TyrH106 in B1-8/NQ11. The analogous volume in B1-8 is occupied by TrpL93. (b) The H3 loop of B1-8/NQ11 and its interaction with V[ ]residues. The C^ positions are indicated with larger spheres. V[L] atoms are shown as white spheres and V[H] atoms as black spheres. (c) The B1-8 H3^ loop and its interactions with the V[ ]domain.
 
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PDB codes: 3nbs 3nbt
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PDB code: 3eot
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  Proteins, 73, 608-620.  
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  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 101, 12183-12188.
PDB codes: 1sn9 1sna 1sne
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  Protein Sci, 12, 734-747.  
12021428 Y.Liu, and D.Eisenberg (2002).
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  Protein Sci, 11, 1285-1299.  
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Design of three-dimensional domain-swapped dimers and fibrous oligomers.
  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 98, 1404-1409.
PDB code: 1g6u
11701516 J.Maynard, and G.Georgiou (2000).
Antibody engineering.
  Annu Rev Biomed Eng, 2, 339-376.  
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  Biochemistry, 39, 8047-8057.  
9927651 I.Zegers, J.Deswarte, and L.Wyns (1999).
Trimeric domain-swapped barnase.
  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 96, 818-822.
PDB code: 1yvs
9503596 A.D.Griffiths, and A.R.Duncan (1998).
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  Curr Opin Biotechnol, 9, 102-108.  
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  Biochemistry, 37, 12918-12926.  
9720265 P.J.Hudson (1998).
Recombinant antibody fragments.
  Curr Opin Biotechnol, 9, 395-402.  
9729735 W.Dall'Acqua, and P.Carter (1998).
Antibody engineering.
  Curr Opin Struct Biol, 8, 443-450.  
9520384 Y.Liu, P.J.Hart, M.P.Schlunegger, and D.Eisenberg (1998).
The crystal structure of a 3D domain-swapped dimer of RNase A at a 2.1-A resolution.
  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 95, 3437-3442.
PDB code: 1a2w
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