Effects of somatic mutations on CDR loop flexibility during affinity maturation.

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Prior studies suggest that antibody affinity maturation is achieved, in part, via prearranging the CDRs for binding. The implication is that the entropy cost of binding is reduced and that this rigidification occurs as a consequence of somatic mutations during maturation. However, how these mutations modulate CDR flexibility is unclear. Here, molecular dynamics simulations captured CDR flexibility differences...

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