학술논문

Characterization of crystals of an Fab fragment of a murine monoclonal antibody.
Document Type
article
Source
Journal of molecular biology. 222(3)
Subject
Animals
Mice
Coronavirus
Feline
Antibodies
Monoclonal
Crystallization
Crystallography
Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments
CRYSTALS
FAB
X-RAY
ANTIBODY
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Biochemistry and Cell Biology
Medicinal and Biomolecular Chemistry
Language
Abstract
The Fab fragment of an antibody, made against an E2-specific feline infectious peritonitis virus neutralizing antibody, has been crystallized in a form suitable for X-ray diffraction analysis from PEG 4000 using vapor diffusion methods. The Fab fragment crystals diffract to about 2.9 A resolution and are of triclinic space group P1. Unit cell dimensions, by which the reciprocal lattice can be indexed, are a = 57.16 A, b = 70.85 A, c = 75.81 A, alpha = 85.11 degrees, beta = 121.28 degrees and gamma = 116.33 degrees. There are two Fab fragments comprising the asymmetric unit of the crystals. The presence of a pseudo-mirror plane in the diffraction pattern suggests the presence of at least an approximate dyad axis relating the two Fab fragments within the asymmetric unit.