Evolution of shape complementarity and catalytic efficiency from a primordial antibody template.
Xu, J., Deng, Q., Chen, J., Houk, K.N., Bartek, J., Hilvert, D., Wilson, I.A.(1999) Science 286: 2345-2348
- PubMed: 10600746 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.286.5448.2345
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
1C1E - PubMed Abstract: 
The crystal structure of an efficient Diels-Alder antibody catalyst at 1.9 angstrom resolution reveals almost perfect shape complementarity with its transition state analog. Comparison with highly related progesterone and Diels-Alderase antibodies that arose from the same primordial germ line template shows the relatively subtle mutational steps that were able to evolve both structural complementarity and catalytic efficiency.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Department of Molecular Biology and Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.