Authors: Xianghui Ma Shuqing Sun Xiangming Ma Ting Li Jie Meng Jungang Fan
Publish Date: 2007/08/31
Volume: 26, Issue: 7, Pages: 499-
Abstract
Polyclonal catalytic antibodies abzymes play an important role in immunology research In this study we report polyclonal antibodies IgYs isolated from chicken egg yolk with hydrolysis activity for the first time The IgYs were raised in hens using HNPBV 4hydroxy naphthalen2yloxy phosphoryl butanoic acid attached to BSA Bovine serum albumin as an immunogen AntiHNPBVBSA IgYs were isolated from yolks of the eggs laid using a twostep salt precipitation and onestep gel filtration protocol NA naphthalen2yl acetate was selected as the substrate and the hydrolysis reaction of the IgYs for it was examined The result reveals that the rate of the hydrolysis reaction is higher K cat/K uncat∼2 × 104 The purified IgYs were digested with pepsin and the smaller fragment Fab′ with specific antigen binding properties was produced The research indicates that the enzymatic properties of Fab′ are similar to IgYs The catalytic activity of the IgYs was further determined by measuring the rate of hydrolysis of NA in the presence of inhibitor These findings show that chicken egg is an excellent donor for polyclonal catalytic antibodies
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