Abstract:Currently, nanobody binding cortisol has been deposited in the database. Unfortunately, the affinity is still in micromolar order. Substituting hydrophobic residues in the binding pocket and utilizing CDR2 and CDR3 is the strategy to improve the affinity. A single and double substitution at positions 53 and 101 have been introduced to the nanobody structure through molecular modeling. The affinity toward cortisol was evaluated using molecular docking to get the binding pose. The highest binding energy pose was… Show more
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