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SUBMITTER: Wu NC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7522650 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wu Nicholas C NC Yuan Meng M Liu Hejun H Lee Chang-Chun D CD Zhu Xueyong X Bangaru Sandhya S Torres Jonathan L JL Caniels Tom G TG Brouwer Philip J M PJM van Gils Marit J MJ Sanders Rogier W RW Ward Andrew B AB Wilson Ian A IA
Cell reports 20200929 3
IGHV3-53-encoded neutralizing antibodies are commonly elicited during SARS-CoV-2 infection and target the receptor-binding domain (RBD) of the spike (S) protein. Such IGHV3-53 antibodies generally have a short CDR H3 because of structural constraints in binding the RBD (mode A). However, a small subset of IGHV3-53 antibodies to the RBD contain a longer CDR H3. Crystal structures of two IGHV3-53 neutralizing antibodies here demonstrate that a longer CDR H3 can be accommodated in a different bindi ...[more]