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单域 VH 抗体中 CDR-H3 的结构分类。

Structural Classification of CDR-H3 in Single-Domain VH Antibodies.

机构信息

Medical Device Development and Regulation Research Center, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.

Department of Bioengineering, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.

出版信息

Methods Mol Biol. 2023;2552:61-79. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2609-2_2.

Abstract

The immune systems protect vertebrates from foreign molecules or antigens, and antibodies are important mediators of this system. The sequences and structural features of antibodies vary depending on species. Many of antibodies from vertebrates, including camelids, have both heavy and light chain variable domains, but camelids also have antibodies that lack the light chains. In antibodies that lack light chains, the C-terminal variable region is called the VH domain. Antibodies recognize antigens through six complementarity-determining regions (CDRs). The third CDR of the heavy chain (CDR-H3) is at the center of the antigen-binding site and is diverse in terms of sequence and structure. Due to the importance of antibodies in basic science as well as in medical applications, there have been many studies of CDR-H3s of antibodies that possess both light and heavy chains. However, nature of CDR-H3s of single-domain VH antibodies is less well studied. In this chapter, we describe current knowledge of sequence-structure-function correlations of single-domain VH antibodies with emphasis on CDR-H3. Based on the 370 crystal structures in the Protein Data Bank, we also attempt structural classification of CDR-H3 in single-domain VH antibodies and discuss lessons learned from the ever-increasing number of the structures.

摘要

免疫系统保护脊椎动物免受外来分子或抗原的侵害,抗体是该系统的重要介质。抗体的序列和结构特征因物种而异。许多来自脊椎动物的抗体,包括骆驼科动物,都具有重链和轻链可变域,但骆驼科动物也有缺乏轻链的抗体。在缺乏轻链的抗体中,C 末端可变区称为 VH 域。抗体通过六个互补决定区 (CDR) 识别抗原。重链的第三个 CDR(CDR-H3)位于抗原结合位点的中心,在序列和结构上具有多样性。由于抗体在基础科学和医学应用中的重要性,已经有许多关于具有重链和轻链的抗体的 CDR-H3 的研究。然而,单域 VH 抗体的 CDR-H3 的性质研究得较少。在本章中,我们描述了单域 VH 抗体的序列-结构-功能相关性的最新知识,重点介绍 CDR-H3。基于蛋白质数据库中的 370 个晶体结构,我们还尝试对单域 VH 抗体的 CDR-H3 进行结构分类,并讨论从不断增加的结构数量中获得的经验教训。

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