title: Crystal structure of NMC-4 fab anti-von Willebrand factor A1 domain.
abstract: We have solved the crystal structure of the Fab fragment of NMC-4, a mouse monoclonal antibody that binds to the A1 domain of von Willebrand factor (vWF). Two Asp and three Tyr residues in the complementarity determining regions 1 and 3 of the heavy chain exhibited a spatial orientation suggestive of a dominant role in establishing contact with the antigen. A cluster of Asp and Tyr residues occurs also in a region of the platelet glycoprotein (GP) Ib alpha amino terminal domain known to be critically involved in vWF binding. Thus, the structural information obtained with NMC-4 may prove relevant to understand the stereochemical bases of the GP Ib alpha-vWF interaction essential for thrombus formation at sites of vascular lesion.
authors.affiliation: Roon Research Center for Arteriosclerosis and Thrombosis, Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Celikel
authors.lastname: Madhusudan
authors.forename: K I
authors.initials: KI
authors.lastname: Varughese
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shima
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yoshioka
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ware
authors.forename: Z M
authors.initials: ZM
authors.lastname: Ruggeri
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D007140:Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D007143:Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D007147:Immunoglobulin Light Chains / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D051379:Mice; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D014841:von Willebrand Factor / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D007140:Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments; D007143:Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains; D007147:Immunoglobulin Light Chains; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014841:von Willebrand Factor