Figure 3. Framework revertants of antibody VRC01.
(A) Sequence alignment (top: heavy chain; bottom: light chain) of a putative germline version, designed partial framework revertants, and mature VRC01. Residues that are identical to germline are shown as dots. CDR mutations are shown in yellow on grey background; framework mutations are colored according to the variant in which they are first introduced (orange – closest to germline; purple; blue – mature). For each residue position, the respective distance to antigen and CDRs is shown. (B) Mapping of framework mutations from germline backbone onto a VRC01 complex structure (coloring same as in A). (C) Selection criteria for framework mutations.