Title : Conversion of an antibody into an enzyme which cleaves the protein HPr.

Pub. Date : 1998 Nov

PMID : 10068041






1 Functional Relationships(s)
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1 Inspection of the structure of the complex suggested that it might be possible to convert the scFv into a bond-specific protease by the introduction of three catalytic residues: a glutamate to increase the nucleophilicity of a nearby water molecule, a lysine to increase the polarizability of the carbonyl group and a histidine to provide a proton to convert the amine into a better leaving group. Histidine immunglobulin heavy chain variable region Homo sapiens