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. 1993 May 1;90(9):3958–3962. doi: 10.1073/pnas.90.9.3958

High-resolution mapping of the HyHEL-10 epitope of chicken lysozyme by site-directed mutagenesis.

L N Kam-Morgan 1, S J Smith-Gill 1, M G Taylor 1, L Zhang 1, A C Wilson 1, J F Kirsch 1
PMCID: PMC46425  PMID: 7683415

Abstract

The complex formed between hen egg white lysozyme (HEL) and the monoclonal antibody HyHEL-10 Fab fragment has an interface composed of van der Waals interactions, hydrogen bonds, and a single ion pair. The antibody overlaps part of the active site cleft. Putative critical residues within the epitope region of HEL, identified from the x-ray crystallographic structure of the complex, were replaced by site-directed mutagenesis to probe their relative importance in determining affinity of the antibody for HEL. Twenty single mutations of HEL at three contact residues (Arg-21HEL, Asp-101HEL, and Gly-102HEL) and at a partially buried residue (Asn-19HEL) in the epitope were made, and the effects on the free energies of dissociation were measured. A correlation between increased amino acid side-chain volume and reduced affinity for HELs with mutations at position 101 was observed. The D101GHEL mutant is bound to HyHEL-10 as tightly as wild-type enzyme, but the delta delta Gdissoc is increased by about 2.2 kcal (9.2 kJ)/mol for the larger residues in this position. HEL variants with lysine or histidine replacements for arginine at position 21 are bound 1.4-2.7 times more tightly than those with neutral or negatively charged amino acids in this position. These exhibit 1/40 the affinity for HyHEL-10 Fab compared with wild type. There is no side-chain volume correlation with delta delta Gdissoc at position 21. Although Gly-102HEL and Asn-19HEL are in the epitope, replacements at these positions have no effect on the affinity of HEL for the antibody.

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