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Chemical and structural analysis of an antibody folding intermediate trapped during glycan biosynthesis

Chemical and structural analysis of an antibody folding intermediate trapped during glycan biosynthesis
Chemical and structural analysis of an antibody folding intermediate trapped during glycan biosynthesis

Human IgG Fc glycosylation modulates immunological effector functions such as antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity and phagocytosis. Engineering of Fc glycans therefore enables fine-tuning of the therapeutic properties of monoclonal antibodies. The N-linked glycans of Fc are typically complex-type, forming a network of noncovalent interactions along the protein surface of the Cγ2 domain. Here, we manipulate the mammalian glycan-processing pathway to trap IgG1 Fc at sequential stages of maturation, from oligomannose- to hybrid- to complex-type glycans, and show that the Fc is structurally stabilized following the transition of glycans from their hybrid- to complex-type state. X-ray crystallographic analysis of this hybrid-type intermediate reveals that N-linked glycans undergo conformational changes upon maturation, including a flip within the trimannosyl core. Our crystal structure of this intermediate reveals a molecular basis for antibody biogenesis and provides a template for the structure-guided engineering of the protein-glycan interface of therapeutic antibodies.

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Bowden, Thomas A., Baruah, Kavitha, Coles, Charlotte H., Harvey, David J., Yu, Xiaojie, Song, Byeong Doo, Stuart, David I., Aricescu, A. Radu, Scanlan, Christopher N., Jones, E. Yvonne and Crispin, Matthew (2012) Chemical and structural analysis of an antibody folding intermediate trapped during glycan biosynthesis. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 134 (42), 17554-17563. (doi:10.1021/ja306068g).

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Abstract

Human IgG Fc glycosylation modulates immunological effector functions such as antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity and phagocytosis. Engineering of Fc glycans therefore enables fine-tuning of the therapeutic properties of monoclonal antibodies. The N-linked glycans of Fc are typically complex-type, forming a network of noncovalent interactions along the protein surface of the Cγ2 domain. Here, we manipulate the mammalian glycan-processing pathway to trap IgG1 Fc at sequential stages of maturation, from oligomannose- to hybrid- to complex-type glycans, and show that the Fc is structurally stabilized following the transition of glycans from their hybrid- to complex-type state. X-ray crystallographic analysis of this hybrid-type intermediate reveals that N-linked glycans undergo conformational changes upon maturation, including a flip within the trimannosyl core. Our crystal structure of this intermediate reveals a molecular basis for antibody biogenesis and provides a template for the structure-guided engineering of the protein-glycan interface of therapeutic antibodies.

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Published date: 24 October 2012

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Local EPrints ID: 414414
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/414414
ISSN: 0002-7863
PURE UUID: 350b7d99-7790-4097-a6e1-fac75450de8b
ORCID for Matthew Crispin: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-1072-2694

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Author: Thomas A. Bowden
Author: Kavitha Baruah
Author: Charlotte H. Coles
Author: David J. Harvey
Author: Xiaojie Yu
Author: Byeong Doo Song
Author: David I. Stuart
Author: A. Radu Aricescu
Author: Christopher N. Scanlan
Author: E. Yvonne Jones
Author: Matthew Crispin ORCID iD

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