Engineering of protein epitopes: a single deletion in a snake toxin generates full binding capacity to a previously unrecognized antibody

Structural features associated with the ability of a monoclonalantibody (mAb) to discriminate between protein variants areidentified and engineered. The variants are the curaremimetictoxin from Naja nigricollis and erabutoxin a or b from Laticaudasemifasciata which differ from each other by 16 substitutionsand one insertion. The neutralizing mAb M1 recognizes with highaffinity a topographical epitope on the surface of toxin , butfails to recognize the erabutoxins although they possess mostof the residues forming the presumed epitope. Examinations ofthe toxin and erabutoxin 3-D structures and molecular dynamicssimulations reveal several differences between the variants.In particular, the region involving the ß-turn 17–24is organized differently. Analysis of the differences foundin this region suggests that the insertion (or deletion) atposition 18 of the variant amino add sequences is particularlyimportant in determining the differential cross-reactivity.To test this proposal, residue 18 was deleted in one erabutoxinusing sitedirected mutagenesis, and the biological propertiesof the resulting mutant were examined. We found that full antigenicitywas restored in the previously unrecognized variant. The implicationsof this finding are discussed.     

乙型肝炎病毒s基因变异株抗原表位的研究

对HepG2细胞表达的HBsAg的点突变体129Ha、142Lf、145Rb、143Sg和148及野生型HBsAgb3进行了初步纯化及抗原表位的研究，发现这些突变体的颗粒密度与野生型HBsAg差异无显著意义，约为1．2；用5种HBsAga决定簇的单克隆抗体对其表位进行分析，发现129Ha、142Lf、145Rb和142Sg与这5种单抗的结合力与野生型HBsAg差异大显著意义，但148突变体的表位与野生型HBsAg明显不同，其原因还有待进一步研究。     

花生主要过敏原Ara h 1线性B细胞表位的预测及鉴定

花生过敏由于其高致敏率和致敏严重性而引起了人们的广泛关注.Ara h 1是花生中的主要过敏原,属于Cupin超家族,通过抗原表位识别结合免疫球蛋白E引发花生过敏.本研究采用生物信息学分析花生主要过敏原Cupin超家族Ara h 1线性B细胞表位氨基酸组成,及其与Ara h 1二级、三级结构之间关系,通过质谱分析Ara ...     

弓形虫P30蛋白抗原表位的克隆表达及纯化鉴定

目的构建表达P30蛋白抗原表位的重组质粒及工程菌,获得纯化的P30蛋白抗原表位,用于检测弓形虫特异性抗体。方法采用PCR技术,设计一对引物(P30P3、P30P4),从弓形虫基因组DNA中扩增出编码P30蛋白抗原表位的基因片段,与载体pET28a(+)连接,重组质粒转化大肠杆菌BL21(DE3),经IPTG诱导后进行SDSPAGE分析。用离子交换纯化表达的P30抗原表位,用ELISA鉴定其抗原性。结果表达的P30蛋白抗原表位以包涵体形式存在,纯化的P30蛋白抗原表位片段有较好的抗原性,可用于检测弓形虫抗体。结论已成功构建了高表达P30蛋白的工程菌,为研制弓形虫抗体检测试剂或疫苗奠定了基础。     

Evaluation of solvent accessibility epitopes for different dehydrogenase inhibitors

Knowledge about the orientation of ligands or inhibitors bound to a protein is vital for the development of new drugs. It was recently shown that solvent accessibility epitopes for protein ligands can be mapped by transferring magnetization from water molecules to the ligand to derive the ligand orientation. This is based on the fact that NMR signals of ligands arising from magnetization transferred from solvent molecules via the protein have a different sign from those arising from direct magnetization transfer from bulk water. Herein we critically evaluate the applicability of solvent accessibility mapping to derive binding orientations for ligands of two dehydrogenases (AKR1C3 and HSD17beta1) with very different binding pockets, including complexes in which the ligand is buried more deeply inside the protein. We also evaluate the possibility of using co-solvents, such as DMSO, for magnetization transfer.     

丙型肝炎病毒B细胞表位评估模型的构建

根据研究的需要构建了丙型肝炎病毒（HCV）B细胞表位评估模型,主要用于B细胞抗原表位的预测计估。本系统可以根据预测获得的表位区间提取表位氨基酸残基和对应的蛋白质二级结构并计算出表位的平均抗原指数得分（AI）,可以保存、查询、分析预测的表位,用于多表位疫苗的设计。