title: Influence of antibody binding on oxygen binding behavior of Panulirus interruptus hemocyanin.
abstract: Oxygen binding behavior of monomeric subunit a and the hexameric form of this subunit of hemocyanin of Panulirus interruptus is influenced by the binding of various monoclonal antibodies. These antibodies react with other surface parts of the subunit than its second domain in which the oxygen binding site is located. The influence of three monoclonal antibodies and their antigen binding fragments (Fab) has been investigated. Two antibodies increase the oxygen affinity of monomeric hemocyanin from that observed in its low affinity T-state, while the third has little influence on this property. Fab fragments abolish almost completely the cooperativity of oxygen binding by the hexameric hemocyanin molecule. The two antibodies which increase the oxygen affinity of the monomeric molecule stabilize high-affinity states of the hexameric molecule, while the third stabilizes the low-affinity state.
authors.affiliation: Biochemisch Laboratorium, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: F G
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Perton
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Beintema
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Decker
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology*; D000939:Epitopes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology; D006433:Hemocyanins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D007140:Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments / Q000276:immunology; D008121:Nephropidae; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding; D011487:Protein Conformation
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000939:Epitopes; D007140:Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments; C021724:oxy-beta-hemocyanin; D006433:Hemocyanins; D010100:Oxygen