3-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE OF AN ANTIBODY-ANTIGEN COMPLEX
3-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE OF AN ANTIBODY-ANTIGEN COMPLEX
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DOI:
10.1073/pnas.84.22.8075
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发表时间:
1987-11-01
影响因子:
11.1
通讯作者:
DAVIES, DR
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作者:
SHERIFF, S;SILVERTON, EW;DAVIES, DR
We have determined the three-dimensional structure of two crystal forms of an antilysozyme Fab-lysozyme complex by x-ray crystallography. The epitope on lysozyme consists of three sequentially separated subsites, including one long, nearly continuous, site from Gln-41 through Tyr-53 and one from Gly-67 through Pro-70. Antibody residues interacting with lysozyme occur in each of the six complementarity-determining regions and also include one framework residue. Arg-45 and Arg-68 form a ridge on the surface of lysozyme, which binds in a groove on the antibody surface. Otherwise the surface of interaction between the two proteins is relatively flat, although it curls at the edges. The surface of interaction is approximately 26 .times. 19 .ANG.. No water molecules are found in the interface. The positive charge on the two arginines is complemented by the negative charge of Glu-35 and Glu-50 from the heavy chain of the antibody. The backbone structure of the antigen, lysozyme, is mostly unperturbed, although there are some changes in the epitope region, most notably Pro-70. One side chain not in the epitope, Trp-63, undergoes a rotation of .apprxeq. 180.degree. about the C.beta..sbd.C.gamma. bond. The Fab elbow bends in the two crystal forms differ by 7.degree.