Mass spectrometry-based sequencing of the anti-FLAG-M2 antibody using multiple proteases and a dual fragmentation scheme release_52wpuljr3ffm3fnp44pzf4znxu

by Weiwei Peng, Matti Pronker, Joost Snijder

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2021  

Abstract

Antibody sequence information is crucial to understanding the structural basis for antigen binding and enables the use of antibodies as therapeutics and research tools. Here we demonstrate a method for direct de novo sequencing of monoclonal IgG from the purified antibody products. The method uses a panel of multiple complementary proteases to generate suitable peptides for de novo sequencing by LC-MS/MS in a bottom-up fashion. Furthermore, we apply a dual fragmentation scheme, using both stepped high-energy collision dissociation (stepped HCD) and electron transfer high-energy collision dissociation (EThcD) on all peptide precursors. The method achieves full sequence coverage of the monoclonal antibody Herceptin, with an accuracy of 98% in the variable regions. We applied the method to sequence the widely used anti-FLAG-M2 mouse monoclonal antibody, which we successfully validated by remodeling a high-resolution crystal structure of the Fab and demonstrating binding to a FLAG-tagged target protein in Western blot analysis. The method thus offers robust and reliable sequences of monoclonal antibodies.
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