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Computational Designing of the Ligands of Protein L Affinity Chromatography Based on Molecular Docking and Molecular Dynamics Simulations Publisher



Rahmati S1 ; Bagherzadeh K2, 3 ; Arab SS4 ; Torkashvand F1 ; Amanlou M5 ; Vaziri B1
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Source: Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics Published:2023


Abstract

Protein L is a multidomain protein from Peptostreptococcus magnus with binding affinity to kappa light chain of human immunoglobulin (Ig) which is used for the purification of antibody fragments by affinity chromatography. The advances in protein engineering and computational biology approaches lead to the development of engineered affinity ligands with improved properties including binding affinity. In this study, molecular dynamics simulations (MDs) and Osprey software were used to design single B domains of the Protein L with higher affinity to antibody fragments. The modified B domains were then polymerized to ligand with six B domains by homology modeling methods. The results showed that single B domain mutants of MB1 (Thr865Trp) and MB2 (Thr847Met-Thr865Trp) had higher binding affinity to Fab compared to the wild single B domain. Also, MDs and molecular docking results showed that the polymerized Proteins L including the wild and mutated six B domains (6B0, 6B1, and 6B2) were stable during MDs and the two mutants of 6B1 and 6B2 showed higher binding affinity to Fab relative to the wild type. Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma. © 2023 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
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