Nature Communications (May 2020)

Computational stabilization of T cell receptors allows pairing with antibodies to form bispecifics

  • Karen Froning,
  • Jack Maguire,
  • Arlene Sereno,
  • Flora Huang,
  • Shawn Chang,
  • Kenneth Weichert,
  • Anton J. Frommelt,
  • Jessica Dong,
  • Xiufeng Wu,
  • Heather Austin,
  • Elaine M. Conner,
  • Jonathan R. Fitchett,
  • Aik Roy Heng,
  • Deepa Balasubramaniam,
  • Mark T. Hilgers,
  • Brian Kuhlman,
  • Stephen J. Demarest

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16231-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Recombinant T-cells receptors can redirect naïve T cells but often have low or uneven expression. Here, the authors model mutations in TCR constant domains to increase T cell receptor expression, assembly, and stability and generate bispecific molecules.