NANODISC-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN-BINDING CHIMERIC PROTEINS

    公开(公告)号:US20220380456A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-01

    申请号:US17770776

    申请日:2020-10-21

    摘要: The present invention relates to the field of structural biology. More specifically, the present invention relates to an antigen-binding chimeric protein, called a MegaBody™, specifically binding a nanodisc, more specifically a membrane-scaffold protein (MSP)n which may be part of the nanodisc. The invention further provides for methods and uses of said nanodisc-specific antigen-binding chimeric proteins in three-dimensional high-resolution structural analysis of membrane proteins assembled within nanodiscs. The MSP-binding MegaBodies of the invention provide for a generic tool in membrane protein structural biology, more particular in Cryo-EM, by reducing preferred particle orientation of nanodiscs and of the entrapped target membrane proteins.