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. 1983 Aug;80(15):4837–4841. doi: 10.1073/pnas.80.15.4837

Amino acid sequence of the Fv region of a human monoclonal IgM (protein WEA) with antibody activity against 3,4-pyruvylated galactose in Klebsiella polysaccharides K30 and K33.

F Goñi, B Frangione
PMCID: PMC384140  PMID: 6410398

Abstract

We have determined the amino acid sequence of the Fv [variable heavy (VH) and variable light (VL)] region of a human monoclonal IgM-kappa with antibody activity against 3,4-pyruvylated galactose, isolated from the plasma of patient WEA with Waldenström macroglobulinemia. The VH region has 114 residues, belongs to subgroup III, and has a very short third complementarity-determining region (CDR3), probably due to a small D segment/or an unusual D-J rearrangement (D, diversity; J, joining). The VL region has 108 residues and belongs to subgroup V kappa I. Compared to other members of the human VHIII and V kappa I families, WEA Fv does not appear to have significant differences within the framework residues but has unique CDRs that might be responsible for the particular antibody activity. Another IgM-kappa (GAL), which has an as-yet-undetermined antibody activity, shares a striking homology in V kappa with WEA, including an identical CDR1.

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