Nature Communications (Oct 2017)

Harnessing a catalytic lysine residue for the one-step preparation of homogeneous antibody-drug conjugates

  • Alex R. Nanna,
  • Xiuling Li,
  • Even Walseng,
  • Lee Pedzisa,
  • Rebecca S. Goydel,
  • David Hymel,
  • Terrence R. Burke Jr.,
  • William R. Roush,
  • Christoph Rader

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01257-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Current strategies for producing antibody-drug conjugates often rely on inefficient conjugation chemistry or on generating mutations in the antibody sequence. Here the authors demonstrate a mutation-free, single-step conjugation platform utilizing a buried lysine residue.