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ArticleComputational and structural biotechnology journal2021

Binding characteristics of staphylococcal protein A and streptococcal protein G for fragment crystallizable portion of human immunoglobulin G.

Hae Gon Lee, Shinill Kang, Joon Sang Lee

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Article in Computational and structural biotechnology journal, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hae Gon LeeDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, South Korea.
Shinill KangDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, South Korea.
Joon Sang LeeDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, South Korea.
Yonsei University · KR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the wide array of physiological processes, protein-protein interactions and their binding are the most basal activities for achieving adequate biological metabolism. Among the studies on binding proteins, the examination of interactions between immunoglobulin G (IgG) and natural immunoglobulin-binding ligands, such as staphylococcal protein A (spA) and streptococcal protein G (spG), is essential in the development of pharmaceutical science, biotechnology, and affinity chromatography. The widespread utilization of IgG-spA/spG binding characteristics has allowed researchers to investigate these molecular interactions. However, the detailed binding strength of each ligand and the corresponding binding mechanisms have yet to be fully investigated. In this study, the authors analyzed the binding strengths of IgG-spA and IgG-spG complexes and identified the mechanisms enabling these bindings using molecular dynamics simulation, steered molecular dynamics, and advanced Poisson-Boltzmann Solver simulations. Based on the presented data, the binding strength of the spA ligand was found to significantly exceed that of the spG ligand. To find out which non-covalent interactions or amino acid sites have a dominant role in the tight binding of these ligands, further detailed analyses of electrostatic interactions, hydrophobic bonding, and binding free energies have been performed. In investigating their binding affinity, a relatively independent and different unbinding mechanism was found in each ligand. These distinctly different mechanisms were observed to be highly correlated to the protein secondary and tertiary structures of spA and spG ligands, as explicated from the perspective of hydrogen bonding.

Indexed as

Affinity chromatographyAFM, Atomic Force MicroscopyAPBS, Advanced Poisson–Boltzmann SolverBIR, Between Protein–Protein Interface ResiduesELISA, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent AssaysFc, Fragment CrystallizableIgG, Immunoglobulin GImmunoglobulin GMD, Molecular DynamicsMM/PBSA, Molecular Mechanics Poisson–Boltzmann Surface AreaMolecular dynamicsProtein AProtein dockingProtein GRMSD, Root Mean Square DeviationSASA, Solvent Accessible Surface AreaSMD, Steered Molecular DynamicsspA, Staphylococcal Protein AspG, Streptococcal Protein G

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PMID34194664
PMCPMC8217638
OpenAlexW3166684840

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