Structure of an HIV epitope scaffold in complex with neutralizing antibody b12 FabStructure of an HIV epitope scaffold in complex with neutralizing antibody b12 Fab

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3ru8 is a 3 chain structure with sequence from Aids virus and Human. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
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Publication Abstract from PubMed

The manipulation of protein backbone structure to control interaction and function is a challenge for protein engineering. We integrated computational design with experimental selection for grafting the backbone and side chains of a two-segment HIV gp120 epitope, targeted by the cross-neutralizing antibody b12, onto an unrelated scaffold protein. The final scaffolds bound b12 with high specificity and with affinity similar to that of gp120, and crystallographic analysis of a scaffold bound to b12 revealed high structural mimicry of the gp120-b12 complex structure. The method can be generalized to design other functional proteins through backbone grafting.

Computation-guided backbone grafting of a discontinuous motif onto a protein scaffold.,Azoitei ML, Correia BE, Ban YE, Carrico C, Kalyuzhniy O, Chen L, Schroeter A, Huang PS, McLellan JS, Kwong PD, Baker D, Strong RK, Schief WR Science. 2011 Oct 21;334(6054):373-6. PMID:22021856[1]

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References

  1. Azoitei ML, Correia BE, Ban YE, Carrico C, Kalyuzhniy O, Chen L, Schroeter A, Huang PS, McLellan JS, Kwong PD, Baker D, Strong RK, Schief WR. Computation-guided backbone grafting of a discontinuous motif onto a protein scaffold. Science. 2011 Oct 21;334(6054):373-6. PMID:22021856 doi:10.1126/science.1209368

3ru8, resolution 2.07Å

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