Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
10879932 Toxicon 2012 4 Pages PDF
Abstract
Residues Y91-T116 of ricin toxin's enzymatic subunit (RTA) constitute an immunodominant loop-helix-loop motif that is the target of two potent toxin neutralizing monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), PB10 and R70. To define the exact epitope(s) recognized by these mAbs, we affinity enriched from a phage-displayed peptide library 12 mers that bound one or both of these mAbs. We report that PB10 recognizes a distinct but overlapping epitope with R70, in which residues Q98, E102, T105, and H106 are central to mAb recognition.
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