Table 1. Antibody binding kinetic constants to selected MPER probes.
MPER peptidea | Linked peptideb | ES2 scaffoldc | |||||||
Ligand | kon d | koff e | KD f | kon | koff | KD | kon | koff | KD |
wt 2F5 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 10.1 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
r2 | 0.5 | 5.1 | 90.2 | 1.5 | 8.5 | 55.8 | 8.7 | 2.6 | 3.0 |
r4 | 0.2 | 8.1 | 382 | 1.0 | 10.5 | 96.8 | 6.6 | 9.3 | 13.9 |
r6 | 0.4 | 18.9 | 390 | 1.8 | 23.7 | 125 | 7.9 | 31.9 | 40.2 |
e2 | 0.1 | 8.7 | 463 | 1.3 | 3.5 | 26.9 | 7.4 | 1.7 | 2.3 |
e4 | 0.4 | 10.1 | 239 | 1.3 | 10.4 | 78.6 | 8.5 | 3.6 | 4.2 |
MPER peptide: EQELLELDKWASLWNWFDITKWLWYIKKKKGSKKK.
Linked peptide: EQELLELDKWASLGGGGSGGWNWFDITKWLWYIKKKKGSKKK.
ES2 scaffold: scaffold protein displaying the 2F5 gp41 epitope stabilized in the antibody-bound conformation.
Association rate (kon) is measured in (1/Ms 105).
Dissociation rate (koff) is measured in (1/s 10−3).
Affinity constant (KD) is measured in (M 10−9 or nM).