Artificially
modified IgG molecules are increasingly utilized in
industrial and clinical applications. In the present study, the method
of chemical conjugation by affinity peptide (CCAP) for site-specific
chemical modification has been developed by using a peptide that bound
with high affinity to human IgG-Fc. This method enabled a rapid modification
of a specific residue (Lys248 on Fc) in a one-step reaction under
mild condition to form a stable amide bond between the peptide and
Fc. The monovalent peptide-IgG conjugate not only maintained complete
antigen binding but also bound to Fc receptors (FcRn, FcγRI,
and FcγRIIIa), indicating that it is a suitable conjugate form
that can be further developed into highly functional antibody therapeutics.
CCAP was applied for the preparation of an antibody-drug conjugate
and a bispecific antibody to demonstrate the usefulness of this method.
The increasing demand for rare earth (RE) elements in advanced materials for permanent magnets, rechargeable batteries, catalysts and lamp phosphors necessitates environmentally friendly approaches for their recovery and separation. Here, we propose a mineralization concept for direct extraction of RE ions with Lamp (lanthanide ion mineralization peptide). In aqueous solution containing various metal ions, Lamp promotes the generation of RE hydroxide species with which it binds to form hydrophobic complexes that accumulate spontaneously as insoluble precipitates, even under physiological conditions (pH ∼6.0). This concept for stabilization of an insoluble lanthanide hydroxide complex with an artificial peptide also works in combination with stable scaffolds like synthetic macromolecules and proteins. Our strategy opens the possibility for selective separation of target metal elements from seawater and industrial wastewater under mild conditions without additional energy input.
The site-specific introduction of a haloacetamide derivative into a designated cysteine on a displaying peptide on a capsid protein (gp10) of bacteriophage T7 has been achieved. This easiest gp10-based thioetherification (10BASEd-T) is carried out in one-pot without side reactions or loss of phage infectivity.
In therapeutic antibody preparation, acidic pH conditions are generally used for elution from Protein A affinity column of IgG or for its viral inactivation. Exposing IgG to low pH conditions induces conformational changes, leading to its functional damage or loss, although the mechanisms have not been fully elucidated. In this study using random peptide T7 phage display libraries, we isolated a unique and novel peptide motif that specifically recognized the non-native conformer (acid conformer) of human IgG that was generated by the low pH treatment, but not the native conformer. We examined the generation conditions and biochemical properties of acid conformer using the peptide motif as an affinity ligand. The acid conformer was easily generated at acidic pH (25°C). The peptides isolated here could contribute to the elucidation of the mechanisms of antibody dysfunction or aggregation during acid exposure as well as storage of human IgG.
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