De Novo Design of Immunoglobulin-like Domains
Chidyausiku, T. M.; Mendes, S. R.; Klima, J. C.; Eckhard, U.; Houliston, S.; Nadal, M.; Roel-Touris, J.; Guevara, T.; Haddox, H. K.; Moyer, A.; Arrowsmith, C. H.; Gomis-Rüth, F. X.; Baker, D.; Marcos, E.
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Antibodies and antibody derivatives such as nanobodies contain immunoglobulin-like (Ig) {beta}-sandwich scaffolds which anchor the hypervariable antigen-binding loops and constitute the largest growing class of drugs. Current engineering strategies for this class of compounds rely on naturally existing Ig frameworks, which can be hard to modify and have limitations in manufacturability, designability and range of action. Here we develop design rules for the central feature of the Ig fold architecture - the non-local cross-{beta} structure connecting the two {beta}-sheets - and use these to de novo design highly stable seven-stranded Ig domains, confirm their structures through X-ray crystallography, and show they can correctly scaffold functional loops. Our approach opens the door to the design of a new class of antibody-like scaffolds with tailored structures and superior biophysical properties.
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