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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-7-14
pubmed:abstractText
Immunoglobulin (Ig) amino acid sequences are highly conserved and often have sequence homology ranging from 70 to 95%. Antigen binding fragments (Fab), variable region fragments (Fv), and single chain Fv (scFv) of more than 50 myeloma proteins and monoclonal antibodies (mAb) have been crystallized and display a high degree of structural similarity. Based on this observation, several homology modeling approaches have been developed for the prediction of Fab and Fv structures prior to their experimental determination. We have extracted features from existing Ig sequences, 44 known Fab and Fv structures to create an automated AntiBody structure GENeration (ABGEN) algorithm for obtaining structural models of antibody fragments. ABGEN utilizes a homology based scaffolding technique, and includes the use of invariant and strictly conserved residues, structural motifs of known Fab, canonical features of hypervariable loops, torsional constraints for residue replacements and key inter-residue interactions. The validity of the ABGEN algorithm has been tested using a five-fold cross validation with the existing Fab structures. Molecular mechanics and dynamics methods have been implemented with ABGEN models to accurately predict two Fab structures of anti-sweetener antibodies prior to crystallographic determinations.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1087-0156
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
14
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
323-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9630894-Algorithms, pubmed-meshheading:9630894-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:9630894-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9630894-Antibodies, pubmed-meshheading:9630894-Artificial Intelligence, pubmed-meshheading:9630894-Biotechnology, pubmed-meshheading:9630894-Computer Simulation, pubmed-meshheading:9630894-Databases, Factual, pubmed-meshheading:9630894-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:9630894-Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments, pubmed-meshheading:9630894-Immunoglobulin Fragments, pubmed-meshheading:9630894-Models, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:9630894-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:9630894-Protein Conformation, pubmed-meshheading:9630894-Reproducibility of Results, pubmed-meshheading:9630894-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:9630894-Software, pubmed-meshheading:9630894-Software Design
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
ABGEN: a knowledge-based automated approach for antibody structure modeling.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Texas A&M University, College Station 77843, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.