Table 1 Tau epitopes (identified by NMR) recognized by the anti-tau VHHs and kon, koff, and KD (affinity parameters) measured for each VHH and full-length tau2N4R or tau1N4R

From: Inhibition of tau neuronal internalization using anti-tau single domain antibodies

VHH

tau epitope

kon (M1.s1)*10+2

koff (s1)*10-3

KD (nM)

2N4R

1N4R

2N4R

1N4R

2N4R

1N4R

B1-1

224KKVAVVR230

379 ± 25

608 ± 18

10.9 ± 0.66

27.9 ± 0.40

289 ± 26

460 ± 15

C3-2

243LQTAPVPMPDLKNVKSKI260

29 ± 0.2

29 ± 0.5

2.8 ± 0.02

2.5 ± 0.04

979 ± 12

857 ± 20

A31

275VQIINKKLDLSN286

3524 ± 26

3311 ± 24

12.3 ± 0.06

12.1 ± 0.06

35 ± 0.1

37 ± 0.1

Z70mut1

305SVQIVYKP312

1517 ± 30

1523 ± 30

65.8 ± 0.62

71.4 ± 0.65

434 ± 9

468 ± 10

A5-2

339VKSEKLDFKDRVQSKIGSLDNITHVPGGGNKK370

977 ± 41

618 ± 25

56.2 ± 1.15

32.4 ± 0.62

576 ± 27

525 ± 24

F8-2

369KIETHKLTFREN381

531 ± 11

575 ± 11

40 ± 0.40

42.5 ± 0.39

753 ± 17

740 ± 16

E2-2

449 ± 3

467 ± 3

3.8 ± 0.03

4.5 ± 0.04

84 ± 1

96 ± 1

H3-2

6298 ± 31

5544 ± 25

5.6 ± 0.03

6.0 ± 0.03

8.9 ± 0.1

11 ± 0.1