Crystal structure of a conformation-dependent rabbit IgG Fab specific for amyloid prefibrillar oligomers.
Arai, H., Glabe, C., Luecke, H.(2012) Biochim Biophys Acta 1820: 1908-1914
- PubMed: 22940003 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbagen.2012.08.016
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
4HBC - PubMed Abstract: 
Although rabbit antibodies are widely used in research, no structures of rabbit antigen-binding fragments (Fab) have been reported. M204 is a rabbit monoclonal antibody that recognizes a generic epitope that is common to prefibrillar amyloid oligomers formed from many different amyloidogenic sequences. Amyloid oligomers are widely suspected to be a primary causative agent of pathogenesis in several age-related neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease. The detailed structure of these amyloid oligomers is not known nor is the mechanism for the recognition of the generic epitope by conformation-dependent monoclonal antibodies.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA.