Abstract：
:A detailed description of the interactions between an antibody and its epitope is necessary to allow an understanding of the way in which antibodies bind to antigenic surfaces presented by foreign molecules. Ideally this should be done by analysis of crystal structures of antibody-antigen complexes, but so far only two of these are available. An alternative strategy combines molecular modelling with site-directed mutagenesis (SDM) and using this we have generated a preliminary model of the complex between Gloop2, an antibody raised against a peptide containing the 'loop' determinant of hen egg-white lysozyme (HEL) which also binds the native protein, and its epitope on the protein surface. The main predictions from our model were; (1) that the surface of interaction between the antibody and the antigen is large (20 A X 15 A) and involves all the complementarity-determining regions (CDRs), (2) that electrostatic interactions were important in the formation of the complex, and (3) that conformational changes in either the loop or in the CDRs may occur during the formation of the complex. Here we report SDM studies which test some of these predictions; removal of two charged residues at the periphery of the combining site increases the affinity of the antibody for its antigen over 8-fold and decreases its ability to cross-react with closely-related antigens. This result is at variance with our original prediction but can be accommodated within our newly refined model; the role of electrostatics in antigen-antibody interactions is now questionable.
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Naturejournal_title
Natureauthors
Roberts S,Cheetham JC,Rees ARdoi
10.1038/328731a0subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1987-08-20 00:00:00pages
731-4issue
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0028-0836issn
1476-4687journal_volume
328pub_type
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