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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 284, Issue 48, Pages 33079-33087Publisher
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M109.036087
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Antibodies with nucleophilic or catalytic properties often have these characteristics encoded in their germ line genes. Because hydrolytic activity has been reported to be associated with light chain V regions, we have begun an analysis of germ line light chain proteins that could be the basis for affinity maturation into hydrolytic or other reactive antibodies. We produced the germ line A18b light chain and characterized its hydrolytic, nucleophilic, and tertiary structural activities. This light chain was purified to > 99% purity and found to hydrolyze aminomethylcoumarin-peptide and larger protein substrates and bind a fluorophosphonate probe. Mutation of putative catalytic residues only resulted in loss of activity of a tetrameric but not dimeric form of the light chain. These biochemical properties provide a framework for understanding the structure-function relationships of germ line antibodies.
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