title: Synthetic peptides VH(27-68) and VH(16-68) of the myeloma immunoglobulin M603 heavy chain and their association with the natural light chain to form an antigen binding site.
abstract: A 53-residue peptide corresponding to the variable region 16-68 of the heavy chain of phosphocholine binding mouse myeloma M603 protein was synthesized by a solid-phase fragment strategy. The homogeneity of the VH(16-68) peptide was confirmed by high-performance liquid chromatography, sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, amino acid analysis, and mass spectrometry. Synthetic VH(16-68) associated with the M603 light chain, and about 27% of the recombination mixture bound to phosphocholine immobilized on Sepharose as compared to a 28% binding yield obtained for the recombined natural light and heavy chains under the same conditions. The binding yield for the recombinant of the light chain with previously prepared VH(27-68) fragment was about 11%. These semisynthetic antibodies VH(27-68) and VH(16-68) light chain recombinants are forerunners of structural variants designed to study the antigen binding pocket of the M603 immunoglobulin.
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex / Q000276:immunology*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D007143:Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains / Q000276:immunology*; D007147:Immunoglobulin Light Chains / Q000276:immunology*; D007135:Immunoglobulin Variable Region / Q000276:immunology*; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D009194:Myeloma Proteins / Q000276:immunology*; D010455:Peptides / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex; D007143:Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains; D007147:Immunoglobulin Light Chains; D007135:Immunoglobulin Variable Region; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D009194:Myeloma Proteins; D010455:Peptides