Abstract
We report the first example of a monoclonal antibody-catalysed hydrolysis of a β-lactam where the antibodies were generated by a simple transition-state analogue. A rat monoclonal antibody (1/91c/4d/26) generated by using an acyclic 4-nitrophenylphosphate immunogen catalysed the hydrolysis of corresponding 4-nitrophenyl carbonates but, more importantly, also catalysed the hydrolysis of N-(4-nitrophenyl)-azetidinone at pH 8 with kcat=8.7×10−6 s−1 and KM=35 μM. This is the first example of a rat monoclonal catalytic antibody.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 273-276 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Biochemical and biophysical research communications |
| Volume | 299 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Nov 2002 |
Keywords
- Catalytic antibodies
- β-Lactam
- Hydrolysis
- Monoclonal antibodies
- Abzyme