CPC C07K 16/2866 (2013.01) [A61K 39/39591 (2013.01); C07K 16/00 (2013.01); C07K 16/28 (2013.01); G01N 33/6854 (2013.01); C07K 2317/24 (2013.01); C07K 2317/565 (2013.01); C07K 2317/732 (2013.01)] | 21 Claims |
1. A method for producing a multispecific antibody comprising a first arm comprising a first heavy chain variable region (VH) and a first light chain variable region (VL) and a second arm comprising a second VH and a second VL, the method comprising using a standard chromatographic technique to purify the multispecific antibody from a mixture of the multispecific antibody, a homomultimer of the first arm, and a homomultimer of the second arm, wherein:
the amino acid residue at Kabat numbering position 55 in the first VL is glutamic acid or aspartic acid;
the amino acid residue at Kabat numbering position 55 in the second VL has no charge or has a positive charge;
the isoelectric point of the first arm is different from the isoelectric point of the second arm;
the standard chromatographic technique separates the multispecific antibody from the two homomultimers based at least in part on the different isoelectric points of the first and second arms; and
the standard chromatographic technique comprises cation exchange chromatography, anion exchange chromatography, hydrophobic chromatography, hydroxyapatite chromatography, hydrophobic charge interaction chromatography, or chromatofocusing.
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