title: Relative conformational stabilities of single-chain pocket and groove-shaped antibody active sites including HCDR transplant intermediates.
abstract: Stability measurements of SCA 04-01/212 (anti-ssDNA) which possesses a groove-shaped active site were performed by Gdn-HCl-induced unfolding, analyzed assuming a simple two-state equilibrium, and expressed as the free energy of unfolding, delta Gn-u. A delta Gn-u of 1.44 +/- 0.13 kcal/mol was determined experimentally for SCA 04-01/212. In addition, the conformational stabilities of HCDR transplants, hybrid antibody molecules resulting from the transplantation of HCDRs from SCA 4-4-20 (anti-fluorescein) into the corresponding regions of 04-01 in all combinations, were determined using the identical protocol applied to SCA 04-01. On the basis of the results of these stability experiments, the HCDR transplants were categorized into three groups, representing low, intermediate, and high stability. Data were discussed in terms of the relationships between structure-function and conformational stability pertaining to the groove-shaped antibody active site of SCA 04-01/212 and the pocket-shaped active site of SCA 4-4-20/212.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 61801, USA.
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Gulliver
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Rumbley
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Carrero
authors.forename: E W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Voss
mesh_terms: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000737:chemistry; D001666:Binding Sites, Antibody; D019791:Guanidine; D006146:Guanidines / Q000737:chemistry; D007143:Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains / Q000737:chemistry*; D007135:Immunoglobulin Variable Region / Q000737:chemistry*; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011489:Protein Denaturation; D017510:Protein Folding; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D006146:Guanidines; D007143:Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains; D007135:Immunoglobulin Variable Region; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D019791:Guanidine