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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2023

A computational procedure for predicting excipient effects on protein-protein affinities.

Gregory L Dignon, Ken A Dill

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Article in bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Gregory L DignonLaufer Center for Physical and Quantitative Biology, Stony Brook University.ORCID 0000-0001-8016-8652
Ken A DillLaufer Center for Physical and Quantitative Biology, Stony Brook University.
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey · USStony Brook University · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Protein-protein interactions lie at the center of much biology and are a challenge in formulating biological drugs such as antibodies. A key to mitigating protein association is to use small molecule additives, i.e. excipients that can weaken protein-protein interactions. Here, we develop a computationally efficient model for predicting the viscosity-reducing effect of different excipient molecules by combining atomic-resolution MD simulations, binding polynomials and a thermodynamic perturbation theory. In a proof of principle, this method successfully rank orders four types of excipients known to reduce the viscosity of solutions of a particular monoclonal antibody. This approach appears useful for predicting effects of excipients on protein association and phase separation, as well as the effects of buffers on protein solutions.

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PMID38187552
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