title: Antibody recognition of chiral surfaces. Structural models of antibody complexes with leucine-leucine-tyrosine crystal surfaces.
abstract: Molecular models are built of the recognition domains of two antibodies, which are raised and selected against crystals of (L)leucine-(L)leucine-(L)tyrosine. The model of one antibody, which is stereo- and enantioselective, reveals astounding chemical and structural complementarity to the recognized crystal surface. The enantioselective binding of this antibody is explained by the significantly fewer chemical interactions arising in the complex, after docking of the antibody to the (D)Leu-(D)Leu-(D)Tyr crystal face, relative to its enantiomer, the (L)Leu-(L)Leu-(L)Tyr crystal face. The modeling and docking of the second antibody, which is poorly stereoselective and is not enantioselective, indicates that binding is based on electrostatic interactions. The docking models of the antibody-crystal complexes provide a rationale for the experimental results while demonstrating the power of modeling techniques to meet the challenge of describing antibody-antigen interactions in detail.
authors.affiliation: Department of Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel.
authors.forename: Merav
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Geva
authors.forename: Miriam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Eisenstein
authors.forename: Lia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Addadi
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D001666:Binding Sites, Antibody; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D007536:Isomerism; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D009842:Oligopeptides; C062538:leucyl-leucyl-tyrosine