2HH0

Structure of an Anti-PrP Fab, P-Clone, in Complex with its Cognate Bovine Peptide Epitope.


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.85 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.282 
  • R-Value Work: 0.222 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.222 

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Literature

Directed evolution of an anti-prion protein scFv fragment to an affinity of 1 pM and its structural interpretation

Luginbuhl, B.Kanyo, Z.Jones, R.M.Fletterick, R.J.Prusiner, S.B.Cohen, F.E.Williamson, R.A.Burton, D.R.Pluckthun, A.

(2006) J Mol Biol 363: 75-97

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmb.2006.07.027
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    2HH0

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) is a fatal neurodegenerative prion disease affecting cattle that is transmissible to humans, manifesting as a variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) likely following the consumption of meat contaminated with BSE prions. High-affinity antibodies are a prerequisite for the development of simple, highly sensitive and non-invasive diagnostic tests that are able to detect even small amounts of the disease-associated PrP conformer (PrP(Sc)). We describe here the affinity maturation of a single-chain Fv antibody fragment with a binding affinity of 1 pM to a peptide derived from the unstructured region of bovine PrP (BoPrP (90-105)). This is the tightest peptide-binding antibody reported to date and may find useful application in diagnostics, especially when PrP(Sc) is pretreated by denaturation and/or proteolysis for peptide-like presentation. Several rounds of directed evolution and off-rate selection with ribosome display were performed using an antibody library generated from a single PrP binder with error-prone PCR and DNA-shuffling. As the correct determinations of affinities in this range are not straightforward, competition biosensor techniques and KinExA methods were both applied and compared. Structural interpretation of the affinity improvement was performed based on the crystal structure of the original prion binder in complex with the BoPrP (95-104) peptide by modeling the corresponding mutations.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Biochemisches Institut, Universität Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Light Chain, P-Clone Fab, ChimeraA [auth L]210Mus musculusHomo sapiens
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Mutation(s): 0 
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Entity ID: 2
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Heavy Chain, P-Clone Fab, ChimeraB [auth H]217Mus musculusHomo sapiens
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Mutation(s): 0 
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Entity ID: 3
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Prion proteinC [auth P]9N/AMutation(s): 0 
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.85 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.282 
  • R-Value Work: 0.222 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.222 
  • Space Group: P 31 2 1
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 119.834α = 90
b = 119.834β = 90
c = 95.534γ = 120
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
SCALAdata scaling
CNSrefinement
PDB_EXTRACTdata extraction
MOSFLMdata reduction
CCP4data scaling
CNSphasing

Structure Validation

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Entry History 

Deposition Data

  • Released Date: 2006-12-26 
  • Deposition Author(s): Kanyo, Z.K.

Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2006-12-26
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2008-05-01
    Changes: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.2: 2011-07-13
    Changes: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.3: 2017-10-11
    Changes: Data collection, Refinement description