Trastuzumab Fab v3 in complex with 5-phenyl meditope variantTrastuzumab Fab v3 in complex with 5-phenyl meditope variant

Structural highlights

6b9y is a 5 chain structure with sequence from Finegoldia magna, Homo sapiens, Staphylococcus aureus and Synthetic construct. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
Method:X-ray diffraction, Resolution 2.14Å
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Disease

IGKC_HUMAN Defects in IGKC are the cause of immunoglobulin kappa light chain deficiency (IGKCD) [MIM:614102. IGKCD is a disease characterized by the complete absence of immunoglobulin kappa chains.[1]

Function

IGKC_HUMAN

Publication Abstract from PubMed

The high specificity and favorable pharmacological properties of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) have prompted significant interest in re-engineering this class of molecules to add novel functionalities for enhanced therapeutic and diagnostic potential. Here, we used the high affinity, meditope-Fab interaction to template and drive the rapid, efficient, and stable site-specific formation of a disulfide bond. We demonstrate that this template-catalyzed strategy provides a consistent and reproducible means to conjugate fluorescent dyes, cytotoxins, or "click" chemistry handles to meditope-enabled mAbs (memAbs) and memFabs. More importantly, we demonstrate this covalent functionalization is achievable using natural amino acids only, opening up the opportunity to genetically encode cysteine meditope "tags" to biologics. As proof of principle, genetically encoded, cysteine meditope tags were added to the N- and/or C-termini of fluorescent proteins, nanobodies, and affibodies, each expressed in bacteria, purified to homogeneity, and efficiently conjugated to different memAbs and meFabs. We further show that multiple T-cell and Her2-targeting bispecific molecules using this strategy potently activate T-cell signaling pathways in vitro. Finally, the resulting products are highly stable as evidenced by serum stability assays (>14 d at 37 degrees C) and in vivo imaging of tumor xenographs. Collectively, the platform offers the opportunity to build and exchange an array of functional moieties, including protein biologics, among any cysteine memAb or Fab to rapidly create, test, and optimize stable, multifunctional biologics.

Template-Catalyzed, Disulfide Conjugation of Monoclonal Antibodies Using a Natural Amino Acid Tag.,King JD, Ma Y, Kuo YC, Bzymek KP, Goodstein LH, Meyer K, Moore RE, Crow D, Colcher DM, Singh G, Horne DA, Williams JC Bioconjug Chem. 2018 Jun 20;29(6):2074-2081. doi:, 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.8b00284. Epub 2018 May 25. PMID:29763554[2]

From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

See Also

References

  1. Stavnezer-Nordgren J, Kekish O, Zegers BJ. Molecular defects in a human immunoglobulin kappa chain deficiency. Science. 1985 Oct 25;230(4724):458-61. PMID:3931219
  2. King JD, Ma Y, Kuo YC, Bzymek KP, Goodstein LH, Meyer K, Moore RE, Crow D, Colcher DM, Singh G, Horne DA, Williams JC. Template-Catalyzed, Disulfide Conjugation of Monoclonal Antibodies Using a Natural Amino Acid Tag. Bioconjug Chem. 2018 Jun 20;29(6):2074-2081. doi:, 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.8b00284. Epub 2018 May 25. PMID:29763554 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.8b00284

6b9y, resolution 2.14Å

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