Crystallization and preliminary structure determination of an intact humanimmunoglobulin, b12: an antibody that broadly neutralizes primary isolatesof HIV-1
Eo. Saphire et al., Crystallization and preliminary structure determination of an intact humanimmunoglobulin, b12: an antibody that broadly neutralizes primary isolatesof HIV-1, ACT CRYST D, 57, 2001, pp. 168-171
An intact human immunoglobulin with a full-length hinge has been crystalliz
ed for the first time in a form in which all of the Ig domains are ordered.
The IgG1 antibody b12 is one of only three known monoclonal antibodies des
cribed that potently neutralize a broad range of HIV-1 primary isolates. It
binds to an epitope overlapping the conserved CD4 binding site on the vira
l surface antigen gp120. Hexagonal crystals corresponding to space group R3
2 were grown from 0.8 M ammonium sulfate, with unit-cell parameters a = b =
271.3, c = 175.2 Angstrom and one molecule per asymmetric unit. The crysta
ls diffract to 2.8 Angstrom and a preliminary molecular-replacement solutio
n indicates that all 12 Ig domains of the antibody can be resolved.