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. 1975 May;147(2):235–247. doi: 10.1042/bj1470235

Comparison of the amino acid sequences of the variable domains of two homogeneous rabbit antibodies to type III pneumococcal polysaccharide.

J C Jaton
PMCID: PMC1165436  PMID: 241319

Abstract

The amino acid sequences of the V (variable) regions of the H (heavy) and L (light) chains derived from rabbit antibody K-25, specific for type III pneumococci, were determined; this is the second homogeneous rabbit antibody besides antibody BS-5 whose complete sequence of the V domain has been established (Jaton, 1974d). The V regions of L chains BS-5 and K-25 (both of allotype b4) differ from each other by 19 amino acid residues; 11 of these 19 substitutions are located within the three hypervariable sections of the V region. On the basis of seven amino acid differences within the N-terminal 28 positions, it is suggested that L chain K-25 belongs to a different subgroup of rabbit K chains and L chain BS-5. H chain K-25 (allotype a2) differs from another H chain of the same allotype by one amino acid substitution within the N-terminal 70 positions in addition to interchanges occurring in the first two hypervariable sections. H chain K-25 was compared with H chain BS-5 (allotype a1) and with the known V-region rabbit sequences. Allotype-related differences between a1, a2 and a3 chains appear to occur within the N-terminal 16 positions and possibly in scattered positions throughout the V-region. In the hypervariable positions, variability between the two antibodies is remarkably more pronounced within the third hypervariable section of both H and L chains than within the first two.

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