Table 2. Summary of affinity and neutralizing activity for Fab 19 or related Fab mutants possessing reverted unmutated ancestor residues.
| Location of reversion to unmutated ancestor |
Antibody | Steady-state affinity (KD) (M) |
Neutralizing specific
activity (μg/mL needed to neutralize) |
|---|---|---|---|
| None | wt Fab 19 | 2.9 × 10−8 | 3 |
| CDR1 | T134F | 1.8 × 10−8 | 1 |
| L136F | 5.0 × 10−8 | 4 | |
| G138S | 1.5 × 10−7 | 13 | |
| T140S | 7.2 x 10−7 | 120 | |
| CDR2 | T159S | 5.2 x 10−8 | 3 |
| G160S | 7.0 × 10−8 | 4 | |
| G161S | 3.3 × 10−8 | 2 | |
| N163S | 1.2 × 10−7 | 3 | |
| F164Y | 1.6 × 10−6 | 130 | |
| CDR3 | T205R | 1.3 × 10−7 | 9 |
| P210A | 1.7 × 10−6 | >200 | |
| P211H | 1.6 × 10−6 | >200 | |
| H215Y | 2.8 × 10−6 | >200 |