Figure 2
Figure 2. The B-cell epitopes indicated by the SPR experiments are visualized using space-filling depictions of the FVIII-C2 domain crystal structure in standard orientation, with the membrane-interacting loops pointing downward. The FVIII-C2 structure is also shown rotated 180° about the vertical axis for type AB and type B mAbs to visualize both sides of the molecule. The B-cell epitopes identified on the basis of altered binding kinetics are color-coded according to FVIII inhibitor type; that is, A (red/salmon), AB (orange/yellow), B (dark/light green), BC (dark/light blue), and C (dark/light magenta). The darker colors indicate residues for which amino acid substitutions increased the residence time by at least 10 times compared with that for WT-FVIII-C2 binding to this mAb. Substitutions abrogating binding were also colored darker. Substitutions for which accurate kd values could not be obtained were not colored darker because their effects on kinetics may have been in part a result of effects on protein stability. Several outlier residues identified as candidates using the cutoff criterion of kd(mutein) > 2.0 kd(WT) are not shown, as they were eliminated after visualization of the FVIII-C2 crystal structure.

The B-cell epitopes indicated by the SPR experiments are visualized using space-filling depictions of the FVIII-C2 domain crystal structure in standard orientation, with the membrane-interacting loops pointing downward. The FVIII-C2 structure is also shown rotated 180° about the vertical axis for type AB and type B mAbs to visualize both sides of the molecule. The B-cell epitopes identified on the basis of altered binding kinetics are color-coded according to FVIII inhibitor type; that is, A (red/salmon), AB (orange/yellow), B (dark/light green), BC (dark/light blue), and C (dark/light magenta). The darker colors indicate residues for which amino acid substitutions increased the residence time by at least 10 times compared with that for WT-FVIII-C2 binding to this mAb. Substitutions abrogating binding were also colored darker. Substitutions for which accurate kd values could not be obtained were not colored darker because their effects on kinetics may have been in part a result of effects on protein stability. Several outlier residues identified as candidates using the cutoff criterion of kd(mutein) > 2.0 kd(WT) are not shown, as they were eliminated after visualization of the FVIII-C2 crystal structure.

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