title: A comparison of the binding of biotin and biotinylated macromolecular ligands to an anti-biotin monoclonal antibody and to streptavidin.
abstract: A competitive enzyme immunoassay was used to study the binding of biotinylated macromolecular ligands and d-biotin to an anti-biotin monoclonal antibody and to streptavidin. Solid phase BSA-c-biotin competed with biotin or biotinylated macromolecular ligands in solution for receptor binding. The concentration of d-biotin required to inhibit streptavidin binding to solid phase BSA-c-biotin by 50% was 11.5 pM. This streptavidin-biotin interaction was taken as having an affinity/avidity index of 100 and all other receptor-ligand interactions were calculated relative to this. The avidity indices calculated for streptavidin interactions with BSA-c-biotin and IgG-biotin were 17.6 and 6.6 respectively, whereas for anti-biotin the values for these ligands were 20.5 and 19.9 respectively. The interaction of anti-biotin with d-biotin had an affinity index of 0.001. Although streptavidin has the greatest binding affinity for d-biotin, its avidity for biotinylated ligands was considerably lower and comparable to that observed for anti-biotin-biotinylated macromolecule interactions.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Microbiological Reagents, Central Public Health Laboratory, Colindale, UK.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vincent
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Samuel
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000378:metabolism*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D001710:Biotin / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D016650:Fluorescein-5-isothiocyanate / Q000378:metabolism; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000378:metabolism; D008024:Ligands; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D051379:Mice; D012709:Serum Albumin / Q000378:metabolism; D019809:Streptavidin
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D008024:Ligands; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D012709:Serum Albumin; D001710:Biotin; D019809:Streptavidin; D016650:Fluorescein-5-isothiocyanate