| Literature DB >> 20098425 |
Jason S McLellan1, Man Chen, Albert Kim, Yongping Yang, Barney S Graham, Peter D Kwong.
Abstract
Motavizumab is approximately tenfold more potent than its predecessor, palivizumab (Synagis), the FDA-approved monoclonal antibody used to prevent respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection. The structure of motavizumab in complex with a 24-residue peptide corresponding to its epitope on the RSV fusion (F) glycoprotein reveals the structural basis for this greater potency. Modeling suggests that motavizumab recognizes a different quaternary configuration of the F glycoprotein than that observed in a homologous structure.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20098425 PMCID: PMC3050594 DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.1723
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Struct Mol Biol ISSN: 1545-9985 Impact factor: 15.369