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Remote Activation of a Latent Epitope in an Autoantigen Decoded With Simulated B-Factors.
Frontiers in immunology - 1 Jan 2019
Pang Yuan-Ping, Casal Moura Marta, Thompson Gwen E, Nelson Darlene R, Hummel Amber M, Jenne Dieter E, Emerling Daniel, Volkmuth Wayne, Robinson William H, Specks Ulrich
Abstract excerpt
Mutants of a catalytically inactive variant of Proteinase 3 (PR3)-iPR3-Val103 possessing a Ser195Ala mutation relative to wild-type PR3-Val103-offer insights into how autoantigen PR3 interacts with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCAs) in granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) and whether such interactions can be interrupted. Here we report that iHm5-Val103, a triple mutant of iPR3-Val103, bound a...
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