Communications Biology (Mar 2023)

Effect of Fc core fucosylation and light chain isotype on IgG1 flexibility

  • Simona Saporiti,
  • Tommaso Laurenzi,
  • Uliano Guerrini,
  • Crescenzo Coppa,
  • Wolf Palinsky,
  • Giulia Benigno,
  • Luca Palazzolo,
  • Omar Ben Mariem,
  • Linda Montavoci,
  • Mara Rossi,
  • Fabio Centola,
  • Ivano Eberini

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-04622-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Classical and accelerated molecular dynamics simulations reveal how core fucosylation in the IgG1 Fc glycan and the light chain isotype modulate the conformational behavior of the hinge and Fab domains and dynamics of IgG1 antibodies.