3LN9

Crystal structure of the fibril-specific B10 antibody fragment


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 1.80 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.233 
  • R-Value Work: 0.197 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.199 

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Literature

Amyloid Fibril Recognition with the Conformational B10 Antibody Fragment Depends on Electrostatic Interactions.

Haupt, C.Morgado, I.Kumar, S.T.Parthier, C.Bereza, M.Hortschansky, P.Stubbs, M.T.Horn, U.Fandrich, M.

(2010) J Mol Biol 

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmb.2010.10.059
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    3LN9

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    Amyloid fibrils are naturally occurring polypeptide scaffolds with considerable importance for human health and disease. These supermolecular assemblies are β-sheet rich and characterized by a high structural order. Clinical diagnosis and emerging therapeutic strategies of amyloid-dependent diseases, such as Alzheimer's, rely on the specific recognition of amyloid structures by other molecules. Recently, we generated the B10 antibody fragment, which selectively binds to Alzheimer's Aβ(1-40) amyloid fibrils but does not explicitly recognize other protein conformers, such as oligomers and disaggregated Aβ peptide. B10 presents poly-amyloid specific binding and interacts with fibrillar structures consisting of different polypeptide chains. To determine the molecular basis behind its specificity, we have analyzed the molecular properties of B10 with a battery of biochemical and biophysical techniques, ranging from X-ray crystallography to chemical modification studies. We find that fibril recognition depends on positively charged residues within the B10 antigen binding site. Mutation of these basic residues into alanine potently impairs fibril binding, and reduced B10-fibril interactions are also observed when the fibril carboxyl groups are covalently masked by a chemical modification approach. These data imply that the B10 conformational specificity for amyloid fibrils depends upon specific electrostatic interactions with an acidic moiety, which is common to different amyloid fibrils.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Max-Planck Research Unit for Enzymology of Protein Folding, 06120 Halle, Germany.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Immunoglobulin heavy chain antibody variable domain B10139CamelidaeMutation(s): 0 
Entity Groups  
Sequence Clusters30% Identity50% Identity70% Identity90% Identity95% Identity100% Identity
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 1.80 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.233 
  • R-Value Work: 0.197 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.199 
  • Space Group: P 2 3
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 84.124α = 90
b = 84.124β = 90
c = 84.124γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
MAR345data collection
PHASERphasing
REFMACrefinement
XDSdata reduction
XDSdata scaling

Structure Validation

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Entry History 

Deposition Data

Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2010-12-15
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2011-07-13
    Changes: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.2: 2017-11-01
    Changes: Refinement description
  • Version 1.3: 2023-11-01
    Changes: Data collection, Database references, Derived calculations, Refinement description