Article
Coordination of immunoglobulin chain folding and immunoglobulin chain assembly is essential for the formation of functional IgG.
Immunity - 1 Jun 1995
Kaloff C R, Haas I G
Abstract excerpt
The first constant domain (CH1) of immunoglobulin heavy (H) chains is essential for BiP-mediated retention of unassembled H chains in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Here, we demonstrated that both wild-type and a mutant gamma chain lacking the CH1 domain bind BiP when they are reduced in vivo. However, only oxidized mutant H chain dimers are released from BiP interaction, whereas oxidized wild-type gamma chain...
Topics
- Animals
- Antibody-Producing Cells
- Binding Sites, Antibody
- Blotting, Western
- Carrier Proteins
- Cell Line
- Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
- Genetic Vectors
- Immunoglobulin G
- Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains
- Immunoglobulin Light Chains
