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The proximity of the N- and C- termini of bovine knob domains enable engineering of target specificity into polypeptide chains.
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- HIV envelope trimers and gp120 as immunogens to induce broadly neutralizing antibodies in cows.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
- Modular design of bi- and multi-specific knob domain fusions.Frontiers in immunology · 2024Article
- The smallest functional antibody fragment: Ultralong CDR H3 antibody knob regions potently neutralize SARS-CoV-2.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023Article
- Serum albumin binding knob domains engineered within a VFrontiers in immunology · 2023Article
- Cattle-derived knob paratopes grafted onto peripheral loops of the IgG1 Fc region enable the generation of a novel symmetric bispecific antibody format.Frontiers in immunology · 2023Article
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Abstract
Cysteine-rich knob domains can be isolated from the ultralong heavy-chain complementarity-determining region (CDR) 3, which are unique to a subset of bovine antibodies, to create antibody fragments of ~4 kDa. Advantageously, the N- and C- termini of these small binding domains are in close proximity, and we propose that this may offer a practical route to engineer extrinsic binding specificity into proteins. To test this, we transplanted knob domains into various loops of rat serum albumin, targeting sites that were distal to the interface with the neonatal Fc receptor. Using knob domains raised against the clinically validated drug target complement component C5, we produced potent inhibitors, which exhibit an extended plasma half-life
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