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PDBsum entry 1j1x

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Immune system/hydrolase PDB id
1j1x
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Protein chains
107 a.a. *
114 a.a. *
129 a.a. *
Waters ×357
* Residue conservation analysis

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Title The role of hydrogen bonding via interfacial water molecules in antigen-Antibody complexation. The hyhel-10-Hel interaction.
Authors A.Yokota, K.Tsumoto, M.Shiroishi, H.Kondo, I.Kumagai.
Ref. J Biol Chem, 2003, 278, 5410-5418. [DOI no: 10.1074/jbc.M210182200]
PubMed id 12444085
Abstract
To study the role of hydrogen bonding via interfacial water molecules in protein-protein interactions, we examined the interaction between hen egg white lysozyme (HEL) and its HyHEL-10 variable domain fragment (Fv) antibody. We constructed three antibody mutants (l-Y50F, l-S91A, and l-S93A) and investigated the interactions between the mutant Fvs and HEL. Isothermal titration calorimetry indicated that the mutations significantly decreased the negative enthalpy change (8-25 kJ mol(-1)), despite some offset by a favorable entropy change. X-ray crystallography demonstrated that the complexes had nearly identical structures, including the positions of the interfacial water molecules. Taken together, the isothermal titration calorimetric and x-ray crystallographic results indicate that hydrogen bonding via interfacial water enthalpically contributes to the Fv-HEL interaction despite the partial offset because of entropy loss, suggesting that hydrogen bonding stiffens the antigen-antibody complex.
Figure 1.
Fig. 1. Hydrogen bonding via interfacial water molecules at the HyHEL-10 Fv-HEL interface. C stick diagram of the wild-type Fv-HEL complex. VL, green; VH, sky blue; HEL, pink. The residues investigated in this report are drawn in blue. A, overall structure. B, local structures around the target sites. Generated with WebLab Viewer (Molecular Simulations Inc., San Diego, CA). The antibody residues are numbered according to Kabat et al. (75).
Figure 6.
Fig. 6. Comparison of local structures in the LY50F-HEL and WT-HEL complexes. Region around the mutated site (50 of VL). Hydrogen bonds made by water molecules are depicted as dotted lines. The positions marked W correspond to the water molecules (parentheses indicate wild-type water molecules). L-Y50F antibody VL chain, sky blue; VH chain, green; HEL, pink; water, red; WT-HEL complex, gray.
The above figures are reprinted by permission from the ASBMB: J Biol Chem (2003, 278, 5410-5418) copyright 2003.
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