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Revisiting the role of glycosylation in the structure of human IgG Fc.


ABSTRACT: Binding of the Fc domain of Immunoglobulin G (IgG) to Fc? receptors on leukocytes can initiate a series of signaling events resulting in antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC) and other important immune responses. Fc domains lacking glycosylation at N297 have greatly diminished Fc? receptor binding and lack the ability to initiate a robust ADCC response. Earlier structural studies of Fc domains with either full length or truncated N297 glycans led to the proposal that these glycans can stabilize an "open" Fc conformation recognized by Fc? receptors. We determined the structure of an E. coli expressed, aglycosylated human Fc domain at 3.1 Å resolution and observed significant disorder in the C'E loop, a region critical for Fc? receptor binding, as well as a decrease in distance between the C(H)2 domains relative to glycosylated Fc structures. However, comparison of the aglycosylated human Fc structure with enzymatically deglycosylated Fc structures revealed large differences in the relative orientations and distances between C(H)2 domains. To provide a better appreciation of the physiologically relevant conformation of the Fc domain in solution, we determined Radii of Gyration (R(g)) by small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) and found that the aglycosylated Fc displays a larger R(g) than glycosylated Fc, suggesting a more open C(H)2 orientation under these conditions. Moreover, the R(g) of aglycosylated Fc was reduced by mutations at the C(H)2-C(H)3 interface (E382V/M428I), which confer highly selective binding to Fc?RI and novel biological activities.

SUBMITTER: Borrok MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3448853 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Revisiting the role of glycosylation in the structure of human IgG Fc.

Borrok M Jack MJ   Jung Sang Taek ST   Kang Tae Hyun TH   Monzingo Arthur F AF   Georgiou George G  

ACS chemical biology 20120710 9


Binding of the Fc domain of Immunoglobulin G (IgG) to Fcγ receptors on leukocytes can initiate a series of signaling events resulting in antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC) and other important immune responses. Fc domains lacking glycosylation at N297 have greatly diminished Fcγ receptor binding and lack the ability to initiate a robust ADCC response. Earlier structural studies of Fc domains with either full length or truncated N297 glycans led to the proposal that these glycans  ...[more]

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