Biological Assembly 1  

 3D View: Structure | Electron Density | Ligand Interaction

Global Symmetry: Asymmetric - C1 
Global Stoichiometry: Hetero 3-mer - A1BC Pseudo Symmetry: Asymmetric - C1 
Pseudo Stoichiometry: Hetero 3-mer - A2B1 

Biological assembly 1 assigned by authors and generated by PISA (software)

Macromolecule Content

• Total Structure Weight: 49.94 kDa 
• Atom Count: 4128 
• Residue Count: 448 
• Unique protein chains: 3

6BQB

MGG4 Fab in complex with peptide

• DOI: 10.2210/pdb6BQB/pdb

• Classification: IMMUNE SYSTEM
• Organism(s): Homo sapiens, Plasmodium falciparum
• Expression System: Homo sapiens
• Mutation(s): No 


• Deposited: 2017-11-27 Released: 2018-03-07 
• Deposition Author(s): Oyen, D., Tan, J., Lanzavecchia, A., Wilson, I.A.
• Funding Organization(s): PATH's Malaria Vaccine Initiative

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Experimental Data Snapshot

• Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
• Resolution: 1.77 Å
• R-Value Free: 0.196 
• R-Value Work: 0.166 
• R-Value Observed: 0.168 

Literature

A public antibody lineage that potently inhibits malaria infection through dual binding to the circumsporozoite protein.

Tan, J., Sack, B.K., Oyen, D., Zenklusen, I., Piccoli, L., Barbieri, S., Foglierini, M., Fregni, C.S., Marcandalli, J., Jongo, S., Abdulla, S., Perez, L., Corradin, G., Varani, L., Sallusto, F., Sim, B.K.L., Hoffman, S.L., Kappe, S.H.I., Daubenberger, C., Wilson, I.A., Lanzavecchia, A.

(2018) Nat Med 24: 401-407

• PubMed: 29554084 
• DOI: 10.1038/nm.4513
• Structures With Same Primary Citation


• PubMed Abstract: 
  

Immunization with attenuated Plasmodium falciparum sporozoites (PfSPZs) has been shown to be protective against malaria, but the features of the antibody response induced by this treatment remain unclear. To investigate this response in detail, we isolated IgM and IgG monoclonal antibodies from Tanzanian volunteers who were immunized with repeated injection of Sanaria PfSPZ Vaccine and who were found to be protected from controlled human malaria infection with infectious homologous PfSPZs. All isolated IgG monoclonal antibodies bound to P. falciparum circumsporozoite protein (PfCSP) and recognized distinct epitopes in its N terminus, NANP-repeat region, and C terminus. Strikingly, the most effective antibodies, as determined in a humanized mouse model, bound not only to the repeat region, but also to a minimal peptide at the PfCSP N-terminal junction that is not in the RTS,S vaccine. These dual-specific antibodies were isolated from different donors and were encoded by VH3-30 or VH3-33 alleles that encode tryptophan or arginine at position 52. Using structural and mutational data, we describe the elements required for germline recognition and affinity maturation. Our study provides potent neutralizing antibodies and relevant information for lineage-targeted vaccine design and immunization strategies.

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Organizational Affiliation: 

Institute of Microbiology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.

Macromolecules

Entity ID: 1
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details
MGG4 Fab light chain	L	220	Homo sapiens	Mutation(s): 0

Entity ID: 2
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details
MGG4 Fab heavy chain	H	224	Homo sapiens	Mutation(s): 0

Entity ID: 3
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details
N-terminal junction peptide	P	16	Plasmodium falciparum	Mutation(s): 0
Find proteins for Q7K740 (Plasmodium falciparum (isolate 3D7)) Go to UniProtKB:  Q7K740

Small Molecules

Ligands 1 Unique
ID	Chains	Name / Formula / InChI Key	2D Diagram
GOL	H, L	GLYCEROL C3 H8 O3 PEDCQBHIVMGVHV-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Modified Residues  1 Unique
ID	Chains	Type	Formula	2D Diagram	Parent
PCA	H	L-PEPTIDE LINKING	C5 H7 N O3		GLN

Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

• Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
• Resolution: 1.77 Å
• R-Value Free: 0.196 
• R-Value Work: 0.166 
• R-Value Observed: 0.168 
• Space Group: P 2₁ 2₁ 2₁

Unit Cell:

Length ( Å )	Angle ( ˚ )
a = 55.782	α = 90
b = 68.062	β = 90
c = 148.61	γ = 90

Software Package:

Software Name	Purpose
PHENIX	refinement
HKL-2000	data reduction
SCALEPACK	data scaling
PHASER	phasing

Structure Validation

Entry History & Funding Information

Deposition Data

• Deposited Date: 2017-11-27 
• Released Date: 2018-03-07 
Deposition Author(s): Oyen, D., Tan, J., Lanzavecchia, A., Wilson, I.A.

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Funding Organization	Location	Grant Number
PATH's Malaria Vaccine Initiative	United States	--

Revision History 

• Version 1.0: 2018-03-07
  Type: Initial release
  
• Version 1.1: 2018-04-04
  Changes: Data collection, Database references
• Version 1.2: 2018-04-25
  Changes: Data collection, Database references