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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Structure of Nanobody Nb23.

Mathias Percipalle, Yamanappa Hunashal, Jan Steyaert, Federico Fogolari, Gennaro Esposito

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Mathias PercipalleScience Division, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi 129188, United Arab Emirates.
Yamanappa HunashalScience Division, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi 129188, United Arab Emirates.ORCID 0000-0003-0162-1477
Jan SteyaertStructural Biology Brussels, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium.
Federico FogolariDipartimento di Scienze Matematiche, Informatiche, e Fisiche, Udine University, 33100 Udine, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9862-250X
Gennaro EspositoScience Division, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi 129188, United Arab Emirates.
New York University Abu Dhabi · AEUniversity of Udine · ITVrije Universiteit Brussel · BE

Funding

New York University Abu Dhabi 76 71260 ADHPG VP046
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundNanobodies, or VHHs, are derived from heavy chain-only antibodies (hcAbs) found in camelids. They overcome some of the inherent limitations of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) and derivatives thereof, due to their smaller molecular size and higher stability, and thus present an alternative to mAbs for therapeutic use. Two nanobodies, Nb23 and Nb24, have been shown to similarly inhibit the self-aggregation of very amyloidogenic variants of β2-microglobulin. Here, the structure of Nb23 was modeled with the Chemical-Shift (CS)-Rosetta server using chemical shift assignments from nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy experiments, and used as prior knowledge in PONDEROSA restrained modeling based on experimentally assessed internuclear distances. Further validation was comparatively obtained with the results of molecular dynamics trajectories calculated from the resulting best energy-minimized Nb23 conformers.

methods2D and 3D NMR spectroscopy experiments were carried out to determine the assignment of the backbone and side chain hydrogen, nitrogen and carbon resonances to extract chemical shifts and interproton separations for restrained modeling.

resultsThe solution structure of isolated Nb23 nanobody was determined.

conclusionsThe structural analysis indicated that isolated Nb23 has a dynamic CDR3 loop distributed over different orientations with respect to Nb24, which could determine differences in target antigen affinity or complex lability.

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Antibodies, Monoclonalbeta 2-MicroglobulinHumansImmunoglobulin Heavy ChainsMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyNuclear Magnetic Resonance, BiomolecularProtein Structural ElementsSingle-Domain AntibodiesAntibodies, MonoclonalB2M protein, humanbeta 2-MicroglobulinImmunoglobulin Heavy ChainsSingle-Domain Antibodiesimmunoglobulin domainnanobodyNMRprotein structure

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PMID34207949
PMCPMC8230604
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