Continuum electrostatic methods applied to pH-dependent properties of antibody-antigen association.
Continuum electrostatic methods applied to pH-dependent properties of antibody-antigen association.
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DOI：
10.1006/meth.1999.0923
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发表时间：
2000-03
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4.8
通讯作者：
C. Gibas;P. Jambeck;S. Subramaniam
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作者：
C. Gibas;P. Jambeck;S. Subramaniam
蛋白质缔合事件是生物系统功能的关键组成部分。抗体/抗原结合是研究蛋白质-蛋白质结合的结构因素和分子间作用力的一个重要方法。随着研究抗体/抗原亲和力的新实验方法已经成为常规，并且随着抗体及其抗原的复合物的更多结构已经可用，使用计算方法来研究这些相互作用已经成为可能。已知静电相互作用在蛋白质复合物形成中起重要作用。在这篇综述中，我们专注于使用连续静电方法来计算蛋白质的pH依赖性，并讨论使用这些方法在抗体/抗原复合物的研究。
Protein association events are a critical component of the functioning of biological systems. Antibody/antigen association, which involves extraordinarily specific interactions, has been a paradigm for the study of structural factors and intermolecular forces controlling protein-protein association. As new experimental approaches to the study of antibody/antigen affinity have become routine, and as more structures of complexes of antibodies and their antigens have become available, it has become possible to use computational approaches to study these interactions. Electrostatic interactions are known to play an important role in protein complex formation. In this review, we focus on the use of continuum electrostatic methods to compute pH-dependent properties of proteins and discuss the use of these methods in the study of antibody/antigen complexes.