Mobilization of innate and adaptive antitumor immune responses by the RNP-targeting antibody ATRC-101.

Immunotherapy approaches focusing on T cells have provided breakthroughs in treating solid tumors. However, there remains an opportunity to drive anticancer immune responses via other cell types, particularly myeloid cells. ATRC-101 was identified via a target-agnostic process evaluating antibodies produced by the plasmablast population of B cells in a patient with non-small cell lung cancer experiencing an antitumor immune response during treatment with checkpoint inhibitor therapy.

Dimerization of Proline Dehydrogenase from Thermus thermophilus Is Crucial for Its Thermostability.

Thermus thermophilus proline dehydrogenase ( TtProDH) catalyzes the first step in proline catabolism. The thermostable flavoenzyme consists of a distorted triosephosphate isomerase (TIM) barrel and three N-terminal helices: αA, αB, and αC. Using maltose-binding protein (MBP) fused constructs, it has been recently demonstrated that helix αC is crucial for TtProDH catalysis and for tetramerization through positioning of helix α8.

Functional Impact of the N-terminal Arm of Proline Dehydrogenase from Thermus thermophilus.

Proline dehydrogenase (ProDH) is a ubiquitous flavoenzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of proline to Δ¹-pyrroline-5-carboxylate. ProDH (TtProDH) contains in addition to its flavin-binding domain an -terminal arm, consisting of helices αA, αB, and αC. Here, we report the biochemical properties of the helical arm truncated TtProDH variants ΔA, ΔAB, and ΔABC, produced with maltose-binding protein as solubility tag.