1. Crystal structure of an anti-Ang2 CrossFab demonstrates complete structural and functional integrity of the variable domain.
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Sebastian Fenn, Christian B Schiller, Julia J Griese, Harald Duerr, Sabine Imhof-Jung, Christian Gassner, Joerg Moelleken, Joerg Thomas Regula, Wolfgang Schaefer, Markus Thomas, Christian Klein, Karl-Peter Hopfner, and Hubert Kettenberger
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Medicine ,Science - Abstract
Bispecific antibodies are considered as a promising class of future biotherapeutic molecules. They comprise binding specificities for two different antigens, which may provide additive or synergistic modes of action. There is a wide variety of design alternatives for such bispecific antibodies, including the "CrossMab" format. CrossMabs contain a domain crossover in one of the antigen-binding (Fab) parts, together with the "knobs-and-holes" approach, to enforce the correct assembly of four different polypeptide chains into an IgG-like bispecific antibody. We determined the crystal structure of a hAng-2-binding Fab in its crossed and uncrossed form and show that CH1-CL-domain crossover does not induce significant perturbations of the structure and has no detectable influence on target binding.
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- 2013
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