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Kabat database and its applications: Future directions

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Johnson, G.·2001·Nucleic Acids Research

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The Kabat Database was initially started in 1970 to determine the combining site of antibodies based on the available amino acid sequences. The precise delineation of complementarity determining regions (CDR) of both light and heavy chains provides the first example of how properly aligned sequences can be used to derive structural and functional information of biological macromolecules. This knowledge has subsequently been applied to the construction of artificial antibodies with prescribed specificities, and to many other studies. The Kabat database now includes nucleotide sequences, sequences of T cell receptors for antigens (TCR), major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I and II molecules, and other proteins of immunological interest. While new sequences are continually added into this database, we have undertaken the task of developing more analytical methods to study the information content of this collection of aligned sequences. New examples of analysis will be illustrated on a yearly basis. The Kabat Database and its applications are freely available at http://immuno.bme.nwu.edu.

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  • The kappa light chain variable domains contain two conserved prolines in the cis conformation at positions L8 and L95, unlike the heavy-chain variable and lambda light chain variable antibody domains.

    “Notably, the kappa light chain variable domains (Vκ) contain two conserved prolines in the cis conformation at positions L8 and L95 (Kabat numbering), unlike the heavy-chain variable (VH) and lambda light chain variable (Vλ) antibody domains [163].”

    From Evolution of Escherichia coli Expression System in Producing Antibody Recombinant Fragments (2020) · cites this paper as [163]

    The Introduction (page not provided) mentions Kabat numbering only for heavy-chain V-gene codons 1–94; the Results discuss nucleotide-sequence differences. Searches for cis prolines and for conserved prolines at L8 and L95 found no passage about those residues or a comparison of κ, λ, and heavy-chain domains. (LLM, conf=0.78)

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Authors
Johnson, G.
Affiliations
Northwestern University (US)
Corresponding author
Johnson, G.
Venue
Nucleic Acids Research
Published
2001-01-01
Volume
29
Issue
1
Pages
205-206
ISSN
  • 0305-1048 (ISSN-L)
  • 1362-4962
OpenAlex
W2009771450
Cited by
93
References
9
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2026: 1 · 2025: 3 · 2023: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 5 · 2012: 2
FWCI
10.64
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Nucleic Acids Research (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (5r24ai025616-11)
  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (5 R24 AI25616-11)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging › Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
Keywords
antibody combining site, hypervariable region, sequence alignment, T cell receptor sequences, major histocompatibility complex, artificial antibodies
MeSH terms
Animals, Antibodies, Epitopes, Binding Sites, Antibody, Humans, Databases, Factual, Internet, Complementarity Determining Regions

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