In Silico Design And Constant-Ph Molecular Dynamics Study Of Human Igg1 Fc At Ph6.0 And Ph 7.5

The use of monoclonal antibody against various illnesses such as cancer, infectious diseases or autoimmune disorders has become a mainstream in the field of medical therapeutics. Specifically, the IgG1 with long serum half-life has led to its popular usage as a therapeutic drug scaffold where this p...

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Main Author: Lim, Yee Ying
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spelling my-usm-ep.516012022-02-21T08:50:17Z In Silico Design And Constant-Ph Molecular Dynamics Study Of Human Igg1 Fc At Ph6.0 And Ph 7.5 2020-06 Lim, Yee Ying R5-920 Medicine (General) The use of monoclonal antibody against various illnesses such as cancer, infectious diseases or autoimmune disorders has become a mainstream in the field of medical therapeutics. Specifically, the IgG1 with long serum half-life has led to its popular usage as a therapeutic drug scaffold where this property is related to the pH-dependent binding mechanism of IgG1 with FcRn. In this work, constant pH molecular dynamics (CpHMD) simulation setup was first established by testing against experimentally validated Fc-FcRn complex (Wildtype, MutAAA and MutYTE), associating and dissociating at pH 6.0 and pH 7.5, respectively. Binding free energy (ΔGBind) calculation via the MMGBSA approach was used to describe the binding affinity for the control complexes (Wildtype-, MutAAA- and MutYTE-FcRn) and have showed Fc variant MutYTE as the strongest FcRn binder at pH 6.0. To obtain alternative Fc design with better binding properties for FcRn, pH 6.0 single trajectory MutYTE-FcRn representing complex was extracted by MMTSB toolset clustering followed by SAAMBE server single point mutations imposed on the MutYTE Fc of the complex. Mutagenesis result suggested four Fc positions with improved binding energy (ΔG) for FcRn. They were all applied to maximize the binding effect for FcRn, resulting the new IgG1 Fc variant design, MutM4 (Asp294Ala/Thr254Phe/Pro257Trp/ Asp312Gly). 2020-06 Thesis http://eprints.usm.my/51601/ http://eprints.usm.my/51601/1/LIM%20YEE%20YING%20-%20TESIS%20cut.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Sains Malaysia Institut Penyelidikan Perubatan Molekul
institution Universiti Sains Malaysia
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topic R5-920 Medicine (General)
spellingShingle R5-920 Medicine (General)
Lim, Yee Ying
In Silico Design And Constant-Ph Molecular Dynamics Study Of Human Igg1 Fc At Ph6.0 And Ph 7.5
description The use of monoclonal antibody against various illnesses such as cancer, infectious diseases or autoimmune disorders has become a mainstream in the field of medical therapeutics. Specifically, the IgG1 with long serum half-life has led to its popular usage as a therapeutic drug scaffold where this property is related to the pH-dependent binding mechanism of IgG1 with FcRn. In this work, constant pH molecular dynamics (CpHMD) simulation setup was first established by testing against experimentally validated Fc-FcRn complex (Wildtype, MutAAA and MutYTE), associating and dissociating at pH 6.0 and pH 7.5, respectively. Binding free energy (ΔGBind) calculation via the MMGBSA approach was used to describe the binding affinity for the control complexes (Wildtype-, MutAAA- and MutYTE-FcRn) and have showed Fc variant MutYTE as the strongest FcRn binder at pH 6.0. To obtain alternative Fc design with better binding properties for FcRn, pH 6.0 single trajectory MutYTE-FcRn representing complex was extracted by MMTSB toolset clustering followed by SAAMBE server single point mutations imposed on the MutYTE Fc of the complex. Mutagenesis result suggested four Fc positions with improved binding energy (ΔG) for FcRn. They were all applied to maximize the binding effect for FcRn, resulting the new IgG1 Fc variant design, MutM4 (Asp294Ala/Thr254Phe/Pro257Trp/ Asp312Gly).
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qualification_level Master's degree
author Lim, Yee Ying
author_facet Lim, Yee Ying
author_sort Lim, Yee Ying
title In Silico Design And Constant-Ph Molecular Dynamics Study Of Human Igg1 Fc At Ph6.0 And Ph 7.5
title_short In Silico Design And Constant-Ph Molecular Dynamics Study Of Human Igg1 Fc At Ph6.0 And Ph 7.5
title_full In Silico Design And Constant-Ph Molecular Dynamics Study Of Human Igg1 Fc At Ph6.0 And Ph 7.5
title_fullStr In Silico Design And Constant-Ph Molecular Dynamics Study Of Human Igg1 Fc At Ph6.0 And Ph 7.5
title_full_unstemmed In Silico Design And Constant-Ph Molecular Dynamics Study Of Human Igg1 Fc At Ph6.0 And Ph 7.5
title_sort in silico design and constant-ph molecular dynamics study of human igg1 fc at ph6.0 and ph 7.5
granting_institution Universiti Sains Malaysia
granting_department Institut Penyelidikan Perubatan Molekul
publishDate 2020
url http://eprints.usm.my/51601/1/LIM%20YEE%20YING%20-%20TESIS%20cut.pdf
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