Table 1

 Antibody fragment yield, purity, and endotoxin contamination following purification (SD)

FragmentMW* (kDa)Yield from 15 litreferment (mg)PurityEndotoxin (EU/mg protein)
*Determined by size exclusion chromatography.
†NA  =  not applicable: yield of Fab following digestion and purification was 80%.
ScFv 20-mer (monomer)27145 (32)>95%<0.5
ScFv 20-mer (dimer)5618 (4)>95%<0.5
ScFv 11-mer (dimer)5252 (4)>95%<0.5
Fab (monomer)48NA†>91%<0.2