Peptides with carboxyl-terminal sequence of alanine-proline: detection by a human monoclonal antibody.
Hybridoma
; 14(1): 45-50, 1995 Feb.
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ABSTRACT
A human B lymphoblastoid cell line JWCI-L94 secretes an IgM human monoclonal antibody (HuMAb) that reacts with human melanoma cell lines, M14 and M12. To identify the antigenic epitope of this antibody, we screened lambda gt11 expression libraries constructed from M14 and M12. A total of 12 immunoreactive clones were isolated, and their DNA sequences were determined. The only sequence shared by all these clones was alanine-proline (A-P) at the carboxyl (C) terminal. HuMAb L94 reacted not only with C-terminal A-P-containing fusion proteins, but also with the synthetic dipeptide A-P. None of the peptides containing A-P internally or amino terminally reacted to HuMAb L94. Proline or alanine alone had no ability to bind to HuMAb L94. When alanine was replaced by glycine (G-P) or proline (P-P), the binding activity of these peptides was similar to that of A-P. On the other hand, when alanine was replaced by serine, valine, leucine, glutamine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, or hydroxyl proline, the resulting peptide completely lost the antigenic activity of HuMAb L94. These results demonstrate that HuMAb L94 recognizes C-terminal A-P, G-P, or P-P, and that a human antibody can recognize peptides as small as a two-amino acid residue.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Péptidos
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Anticuerpos Monoclonales
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Hybridoma
Año:
1995
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos