Molecular recognition in antibody-antigen complexes

EJ Sundberg, RA Mariuzza - Advances in protein chemistry, 2002 - Elsevier
With the numerous detailed molecular descriptions of antibody-antigen interfaces, the
structural study of these molecular interactions has evolved from an attempt to understand …

SKEMPI: a structural kinetic and energetic database of mutant protein interactions and its use in empirical models

IH Moal, J Fernández-Recio - Bioinformatics, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Motivation: Empirical models for the prediction of how changes in sequence alter protein–
protein binding kinetics and thermodynamics can garner insights into many aspects of …

A structurally based approach to determine HLA compatibility at the humoral immune level

RJ Duquesnoy - Human immunology, 2006 - Elsevier
HLAMatchmaker is a structurally based matching program. Each HLA antigen is viewed as a
string of epitopes represented by short sequences (triplets) involving polymorphic amino …

Anatomy of an antibody molecule: structure, kinetics, thermodynamics and mutational studies of the antilysozyme antibody D1. 3

BC Braden, ER Goldman, RA Mariuzza… - Immunological …, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
Using site‐directed mutagenesis, x‐ray crystallograpby, micro‐calorimetric, equilibrium
sedimentation and surface plasmon resonance detection techniques, we have examined the …

Hydration of protein–protein interfaces

F Rodier, RP Bahadur, P Chakrabarti… - … Structure, Function, and …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
We present an analysis of the water molecules immobilized at the protein–protein interfaces
of 115 homodimeric proteins and 46 protein–protein complexes, and compare them with …

Antigen distortion allows influenza virus to escape neutralization

D Fleury, SA Wharton, JJ Skehel, M Knossow… - Nature structural …, 1998 - nature.com
The structure of the hemagglutinin (HA) of a mutant influenza virus that escapes
neutralization by a monoclonal antibody shows that the mutation causes changes in HA …

A mutational analysis of binding interactions in an antigen− antibody protein− protein complex

W Dall'Acqua, ER Goldman, W Lin, C Teng… - Biochemistry, 1998 - ACS Publications
Alanine scanning mutagenesis, double mutant cycles, and X-ray crystallography were used
to characterize the interface between the anti-hen egg white lysozyme (HEL) antibody D1. 3 …

Differences in electrostatic properties at antibody–antigen binding sites: implications for specificity and cross-reactivity

N Sinha, S Mohan, CA Lipschultz, SJ Smith-Gill - Biophysical journal, 2002 - cell.com
Abstract Antibodies HyHEL8, HyHEL10, and HyHEL26 (HH8, HH10, and HH26,
respectively) recognize highly overlapping epitopes on hen egg-white lysozyme (HEL) with …

Thermodynamics of T cell receptor binding to peptide–MHC: evidence for a general mechanism of molecular scanning

JJ Boniface, Z Reich, DS Lyons… - Proceedings of the …, 1999 - National Acad Sciences
Antigen-dependent activation of T lymphocytes requires T cell receptor (TCR)-mediated
recognition of specific peptides, together with the MHC molecules to which they are bound …

Contribution of Domain Interface Residues to the Stability of Antibody CH3 Domain Homodimers

W Dall'Acqua, AL Simon, MG Mulkerrin, P Carter - Biochemistry, 1998 - ACS Publications
Dimers of CH3 domains from human IgG1 were used to study the effect of mutations
constructed at a domain− domain interface upon domain dissociation and …