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The detailed specificity of monoclonal antibody M1, which has been reported to bind in a calcium-dependent manner to the ‘FLAG’ sequence DYKDDDDK-NH2, was examined using soluble hexa- and decapeptide positional scanning synthetic combinatorial libraries (PS-SCLs) made up of 52×106 and 4×1012 different sequences, respectively. To study the influence of calcium on the specificity of this antigen-antibody interaction, each PS-SCL was screened in the presence and absence of calcium using a competitive ELISA. Overall, peptide mixtures had greater inhibitory activity against mAb M1 binding to FLAG in the absence of calcium. A total of 16 individual hexapeptides were identified, all of which contained the motif -DYK_K_-, and were recognized by mAb M1 in the absence of calcium with 50-to 100-fold higher affinity than the FLAG octapeptide (IC50=273 nM). On average, the same set of peptides bound 10-fold less effectively in the presence of calcium. Upon screening the decapeptide PS-SCL in the absence of calcium, lysine was also more active in the fifth position than the original aspartic acid. Based on the screening results, 24 individual decapeptides were prepared and were found to have activities 10- to 100-fold higher than the FLAG octapeptide in the absence of calcium. The specificity of lysine at the fifth position in the antigen-antibody interaction was further examined by synthesizing and assaying substitution analogs at this position for the octapeptide and hexapeptide forms of the FLAG sequence, as well as for two hexapeptides identified from the PS-SCL. Truncation analog analysis was also carried out on the FLAG octapeptide to determine optimal antigen length for antibody binding. Overall, lysine at the fifth position could be substituted with ornithine with no significant loss in activity, and peptide length was not a critical factor for antibody binding in the absence of calcium. Also, the octapeptide having lysine at the fifth position in place of the aspartic acid had the same activity in the presence or absence of calcium. This study demonstrates the ease and effectiveness of PS-SCLs over individual peptide analogs for the examination of the degree of cross-reactivity for a given monoclonal antibody as well as for the identification of novel, high-affinity peptides.
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Pinilla, C., Buencamino, J., Appel, J.R. et al. Mapping the detailed specificity of a calcium-dependent monoclonal antibody through the use of soluble positional scanning combinatorial libraries: Identification of potent calcium-independent antigens. Mol Divers 1, 21–28 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01715806
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