Nature Communications (Jan 2020)

An ultra-stable cytoplasmic antibody engineered for in vivo applications

  • Hiroyuki Kabayama,
  • Makoto Takeuchi,
  • Naoko Tokushige,
  • Shin-ichi Muramatsu,
  • Miyuki Kabayama,
  • Mitsunori Fukuda,
  • Yoshiyuki Yamada,
  • Katsuhiko Mikoshiba

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13654-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 20

Abstract

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Antibodies expressed in the cytosol often form insoluble aggregates, which makes it hard to target intracellular proteins. Here the authors engineer an ultra-stable cytoplasmic antibody (STAND) with a low isoelectric point that can be used in vivo.