Nature Communications (Jan 2021)

DutaFabs are engineered therapeutic Fab fragments that can bind two targets simultaneously

  • Roland Beckmann,
  • Kristian Jensen,
  • Sebastian Fenn,
  • Janina Speck,
  • Katrin Krause,
  • Anastasia Meier,
  • Melanie Röth,
  • Sascha Fauser,
  • Raymond Kimbung,
  • Derek T. Logan,
  • Martin Steegmaier,
  • Hubert Kettenberger

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-20949-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Bispecific antibodies can bind to two distinct targets though the fusion of two different Fv regions. In this study, the authors develop DutaFabs that present two separated and independent antigen binding sites within the same Fv region, giving rise to bispecific Fab fragments.