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Author(s): Chol-Jin Kim, Sunll Choe*, Kum-Chol Ri, Chol-Ho Kim, Hyon-Gwang Li and Un-Hui Yun

DOI: 10.2174/2211550108666190417113342

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Selection of a Single Chain Variable Fragment Antibody (scFv) against Subtilisin BRC and its Interaction with Subtilisin BRC

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Abstract

Background: The focus of this study was the selection of a single chain variable fragment antibody (scFv) against subtilisin BRC, a fibrinolytic enzyme using phage display, and to characterize the interaction between the antibody and subtilisin BRC.

Methods: The subtilisin BRC-specific phage clones were selected using Griffin.1 scFv phage library and sequenced. The gene of subtilisin BRC-specific scFv (scFv-BRC) from selected phage clone was expressed in E. coli and scFv-BRC was characterized. Molecular modeling of the three-dimensional (3D) structures of scFv-BRC was performed using MODELLER 9.19 modeling software and assessed by PROCHEK. Molecular docking of subtilisin BRC with scFv-BRC was carried out using PATCHDOCK.

Results: The size of scFv-BRC gene is 635bp and it consists of 54bp of heavy chain region (VH), 336bp of light chain region (VL), 45bp of a linker. scFv-BRC was actively expressed by E. coli expression vector pET28a-scFv in E. coli BL21 (DE3), and the amount of expressed scFv-BRC was about 50 mg/L. Its molecular weight is ~26kDa. The CDR domain of scFv-BRC consists of 6 amino acids in CDR L1, 3 amino acids in CDR L2 and 9 amino acids in CDR L3. Docking results of subtilisin BRC and scFv-BRC showed global energy of - 56.29 kJ/mol. Furthermore, the results showed that amino acid residues in subtilisin BRC for binding with scFv-BRC are Tyr6, Ser182, Ser204, and Gln206.

Conclusion: scFv against subtilisin BRC selected using phage display showed relatively strong binding energy with subtilisin BRC. The amino acid residues in subtilisin BRC for binding with scFv-BRC are not relevant to that in subtilisin BRC for binding with its substrates. These results suggested that scFv-BRC can be used as a ligand for detection and affinity purification of subtilisin BRC.

Keywords: Subtilisin BRC, fibrinolytic enzyme, phage display, cloning, homology modeling, molecular docking.

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