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ArticleThe Journal of biological chemistry2023

The solution structure of the heavy chain-only C5-Fc nanobody reveals exposed variable regions that are optimal for COVID-19 antigen interactions.

Xin Gao, Joseph W Thrush, Jayesh Gor, James H Naismith, Raymond J Owens, Stephen J Perkins

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Article in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Xin GaoDepartment of Structural and Molecular Biology, Division of Biosciences, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
Joseph W ThrushDepartment of Structural Biology, The Rosalind Franklin Institute, Harwell Science Campus, Didcot, United Kingdom.
Jayesh GorDepartment of Structural and Molecular Biology, Division of Biosciences, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
James H NaismithDepartment of Structural Biology, The Rosalind Franklin Institute, Harwell Science Campus, Didcot, United Kingdom.
Raymond J OwensDepartment of Structural Biology, The Rosalind Franklin Institute, Harwell Science Campus, Didcot, United Kingdom.
Stephen J PerkinsDepartment of Structural and Molecular Biology, Division of Biosciences, University College London, London, United Kingdom. Electronic address: s.perkins@ucl.ac.uk.
Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology · GBRosalind Franklin Institute · GB

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Heavy chain-only antibodies can offer advantages of higher binding affinities, reduced sizes, and higher stabilities than conventional antibodies. To address the challenge of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, a llama-derived single-domain nanobody C5 was developed previously that has high COVID-19 virus neutralization potency. The fusion protein C5-Fc comprises two C5 domains attached to a glycosylated Fc region of a human IgG1 antibody and shows therapeutic efficacy in vivo. Here, we have characterized the solution arrangement of the molecule. Two 1443 Da N-linked glycans seen in the mass spectra of C5-Fc were removed and the glycosylated and deglycosylated structures were evaluated. Reduction of C5-Fc with 2-mercaptoethylamine indicated three interchain Cys-Cys disulfide bridges within the hinge. The X-ray and neutron Guinier R

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Antibodies, ViralImmunoglobulin Heavy ChainsSARS-CoV-2HumansImmunoglobulin GModels, MolecularPolysaccharidesSingle-Domain AntibodiesAntibodies, ViralImmunoglobulin GImmunoglobulin Heavy ChainsPolysaccharidesSingle-Domain Antibodiesanalytical ultracentrifugationantibodyatomistic modellingmolecular dynamicsnanobodysmall angle neutron scatteringsmall angle X-ray scattering

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PMID37838175
PMCPMC10682267
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