Mutagenic Deimmunization of Diphtheria Toxin for Use in Biologic Drug Development

Background: Targeted toxins require multiple treatments and therefore must be deimmunized. We report a method of protein deimmunization based on the point mutation of highly hydrophilic R, K, D, E, and Q amino acids on the molecular surface of truncated diphtheria-toxin (DT390). Methods: Based on th...

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Main Authors: Schmohl, Joerg U., Todhunter, Deborah, Oh, Seung, Vallera, Daniel A.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: MDPI 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4626721/