Nature Communications (Oct 2019)

Increased yields and biological potency of knob-into-hole-based soluble MHC class II molecules

  • Pau Serra,
  • Nahir Garabatos,
  • Santiswarup Singha,
  • César Fandos,
  • Josep Garnica,
  • Patricia Solé,
  • Daniel Parras,
  • Jun Yamanouchi,
  • Jesús Blanco,
  • Meritxell Tort,
  • Mireia Ortega,
  • Yang Yang,
  • Kristofor K. Ellestad,
  • Pere Santamaria

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12902-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Recombinant MHC class II molecules are instrumental in antigen-specific T-cell identification assays and showed efficacy as experimental medicines. Here, the authors engineer MHC class II molecules with species-specific knob-into-hole heteromerization domains, enabling a translatable purification process with improved stability, yields, and biological potency.