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SUBMITTER: Gach JS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2801240 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gach Johannes S JS Furtmüller Paul G PG Quendler Heribert H Messner Paul P Wagner Ralf R Katinger Hermann H Kunert Renate R
The Journal of biological chemistry 20091110 2
The human monoclonal antibody 2G12 is a member of a small group of broadly neutralizing antibodies against human immunodeficiency virus type 1. 2G12 adopts a unique variable heavy domain-exchanged dimeric configuration that results in an extensive multivalent binding surface and the ability to bind with high affinity to densely clustered high mannose oligosaccharides on the "silent" face of the gp120 envelope glycoprotein. Here, we further define the amino acids responsible for this extraordinar ...[more]