Designer catalytic antibodies

11 Catalytic Antibodies

Polyclonal catalytic antibodies.

Polyclonal catalytic antibodies offer advantages in the evaluation of immunogens and in the ease of production of large quantities of antibodies. They comprise the entire immune response of an animal to an immunogen where monoclonals represent a subset. Polyclonal antibodies are consequently particularly suitable for evaluating catalytic antibody responses generated by different haptens or a gr...

Expression studies of catalytic antibodies.

We have examined the positive influence of human constant regions on the folding and bacterial expression of active soluble mouse immunoglobulin variable domains derived from a number of catalytic antibodies. Expression yields of eight hybridoma- and myeloma-derived chimeric Fab fragments are compared in both shake flasks and high density fermentations. In addition the usefulness of this system...

Molecular Evolution of Catalytic Antibodies

Catalytic antibodies and enzyme inhibitors

Catalytic antibodies or abzymes as we have termed them have generated an avalanche of "forecasts and predictions" concerning their future applications. This, because in principle their only limitations are the designer's creativity and one's ability to access the entire immune systems repertoire. Keeping these so-called predictions in mind, we have sought out a truly formidable test for our de ...