Mechanistic principles of an ultra-long bovine CDR reveal strategies for antibody design.
Nat Commun
; 12(1): 6737, 2021 11 18.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1526077
ABSTRACT
Antibodies bind antigens via flexible loops called complementarity-determining regions (CDRs). These are usually 6-20 residues long. However, some bovine antibodies have ultra-long CDRs comprising more than 50 residues organized in a stalk and a disulfide-rich knob. The design features of this structural unit and its influence on antibody stability remained enigmatic. Here, we show that the stalk length is critical for the folding and stability of antibodies with an ultra-long CDR and that the disulfide bonds in the knob do not contribute to stability; they are important for organizing the antigen-binding knob structure. The bovine ultra-long CDR can be integrated into human antibody scaffolds. Furthermore, mini-domains from de novo design can be reformatted as ultra-long CDRs to create unique antibody-based proteins neutralizing SARS-CoV-2 and the Alpha variant of concern with high efficiency. Our findings reveal basic design principles of antibody structure and open new avenues for protein engineering.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Complementarity Determining Regions
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SARS-CoV-2
Topics:
Variants
Limits:
Animals
Language:
English
Journal:
Nat Commun
Journal subject:
Biology
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Science
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S41467-021-27103-z
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