title: Heterogeneity of antibodies to adenosine 5'-monophosphate.
abstract: Antibodies to adenosine 5'-monophosphate were produced in rabbits by injecting a conjugate of the nucleotide (oxidized with periodate) with bovine serum albumin. AMP-specific antibodies were isolated by affinity chromatography. The antiserum was first applied on oligoadenylic acids-agarose column and then the unbound proteins on a morpholine derivative of AMP-agarose column. The antibodies purified on these two columns interact differently with AMP derivatives as shown by immunodiffusion. These results are confirmed by the values of the binding constants of the complexes Fab fragments- AMP and AMP derivatives. The study of Fab fragments -- C(8)-substituted AMP derivatives complexes suggest a syn conformation for the bound nucleotide. Thermodynamic parameters for the Fab fragments-AMP complexes have been determined (deltaHdegrees = --13 kcal/mol and deltaSdegrees = --15 cal - degree-1 - mol-1).
mesh_terms: D000249:Adenosine Monophosphate / Q000276:immunology*; D000818:Animals; D000906:Antibodies / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000917:Antibody Formation; D001666:Binding Sites, Antibody; D002151:Calorimetry; D002846:Chromatography, Affinity; D005779:Immunodiffusion; D007140:Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments; D011485:Protein Binding; D011817:Rabbits / Q000276:immunology; D012710:Serum Albumin, Bovine; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D007140:Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments; D012710:Serum Albumin, Bovine; D000249:Adenosine Monophosphate