A hapten-induced conformational change accompanies the cryoprecipitation of an immunoglobulin

Mol Immunol. 1985 Jun;22(6):715-8. doi: 10.1016/0161-5890(85)90102-6.

Abstract

By simultaneous spectroscopic measurements (absorbance, light scattering, fluorescence and circular dichroism) the temp-dependent behavior of a cryoglobulin, the mouse monoclonal immunoglobulin G to N-acetyllactosamine, has been observed. The results show that a hapten-induced conformational change in the structure of a cryoglobulin can accompany its intermolecular association. This association of the immunoglobulin increases after hapten saturation of its two antigen-combining sites.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Sugars / immunology
  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / immunology
  • Circular Dichroism
  • Cryoglobulins / immunology*
  • Haptens / immunology*
  • Immunoglobulin G / immunology*
  • Light
  • Mice
  • Protein Conformation
  • Scattering, Radiation
  • Spectrometry, Fluorescence
  • Spectrum Analysis
  • Temperature

Substances

  • Amino Sugars
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Cryoglobulins
  • Haptens
  • Immunoglobulin G
  • N-acetyllactosamine