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Characterization of a catalytic antibody for stereoselective ester hydrolysis—a catalytic residue and mode of product inhibition

Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, ISSN: 0968-0896, Vol: 2, Issue: 6, Page: 457-468
1994
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A catalytic antibody which catalyzes stereoselective ester hydrolysis was characterized, and the role of a catalytic Arg residue is discussed in terms of product inhibition. A monoclonal antibody 1C7 generated against the phosphonate 1 was highly stereoselective for ( R )-isomer in hydrolyzing racemic ester 2. However, the reaction was almost stoichiometric due to strong inhibition by the product acid 3. One Arg residue in the antibody combining site was essential to the catalysis, and the same Arg was expected to play a dominant role in product inhibition by charge interaction with the negatively charged product acid. Indeed, the antibody experienced much less product inhibition with the hydrolysis of a carbonate ester 7, which yields a neutral alcohol 8 devoid of a negative charge, and exhibited at least 100 turnovers without any loss of activity. In addition, high stereoselectivity for ( R )-isomer was still retained. The amino acid sequence and computer modeling of the variable domain of 1C7 suggested that Arg 97 in the complementarity-determining region (CDR) of heavy chain was the putative catalytic residue.

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