Preliminary crystallographic study of a complex between an heteroclitic anti-hen egg-white lysozyme antibody and the heterologous antigen pheasant egg-white lysozyme

J Mol Biol. 1987 Sep 20;197(2):375-6. doi: 10.1016/0022-2836(87)90132-x.

Abstract

We report the preparation, crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic study of the Fab fragment from a heteroclitic murine (BALB/c) monoclonal anti-hen egg-white lysozyme antibody complexed with a heterologous antigen, pheasant lysozyme. The complex between the heterologous antigen and the antibody has been crystallized from polyethylene glycol 8000 solutions in a form suitable for X-ray crystallographic studies. The crystals are monoclinic, space group C2 with a = 158.2 A, b = 49.1 A, c = 177.6 A, beta = 92.0 degrees (1 A = 0.1 nm).

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antigen-Antibody Complex / immunology*
  • Birds
  • Crystallography
  • Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments / immunology
  • Muramidase / immunology*

Substances

  • Antigen-Antibody Complex
  • Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments
  • Muramidase