Crystal structure reveals vaccine elicited bactericidal human antibody targeting a conserved epitope on meningococcal fHbp

Factor H binding protein (fHbp) is a meningococcal virulence factor and a component of vaccines against serogroup B Neisseria meningitidis. Here, the authors characterize the vaccine-elicited human antibody Fab 1A12 and present both the free and the fHbp-bound Fab 1A12 crystal structures.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jacinto López-Sagaseta, Peter T. Beernink, Federica Bianchi, Laura Santini, Elisabetta Frigimelica, Alexander H. Lucas, Mariagrazia Pizza, Matthew J. Bottomley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-02827-7