Proteolytic Fragmentation for Epitope Mapping
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Since its introduction in 1975 the methodology of Kohler and Milstein (1) for production of monoclonal antibody (MAb) from hybridoma cells has been widely used to provide antibodies with a defined
specificity. One characteristic feature of this technology is that impure antigens can be used to produce monospecific antibodies
that can be utilized to study the functional domains of protein molecules. In this chapter, the use of limited vs complete
proteolytic digestion experiments to define the epitope on the antigen recognized by a given MAb is outlined. We describe
our studies (2) with the transducin (Gt) α-subunit in which proteolytic digestion, SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE), Western blotting, and Edman
degradation were used to determine the sequence of the fragments recognized by the MAb 4A. Therefore, reaction times and reagents
presented in this chapter may require some modification when a different protein antigen is under investigation.
Affiliation(s): (2) Institute Policattedra di Discipline Biologiche, University of Pisa College of Pharmacy, Pisa, Italy
(3) Department of Physiology and Biophysics, College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
(4) Department of Physiology and Biophysics, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
(3) Department of Physiology and Biophysics, College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
(4) Department of Physiology and Biophysics, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
Book Title: Epitope Mapping Protocols
Series: Methods in Molecular Biology | Volume: 66 | Pub. Date: Aug-01-1996 | Page Range: 109-120 | DOI: 10.1385/0-89603-375-9:109
Subject: Biochemistry
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