
Afucosylated Antibody Expression Service
Accelerate your therapeutic research with our high-quality afucosylated antibody expression service at evitria.
We provide afucosylated antibody expression services based on CHO cells. This enables us to express high-quality afucosylated antibodies for projects at different stages and scales – with no amino acid alterations.
Our expertise ensures that you receive afucosylated antibodies with enhanced Antibody-Dependent Cellular Cytotoxicity (ADCC), crucial for advancing therapeutic antibodies in immunotherapy and many other applications.
We can achieve this by accessing ProBioGen’s proprietary GlymaxX® system, ensuring the absence of fucose residues without the need for altering the amino acid sequence of your antibody.1
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GlymaxX® antibodies purified for customers worldwide
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Rapid Afucosylated antibody production service to support your
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There are many ways to enhance ADCC by Fc engineering (Table 1), but these require changing the amino acid sequence of your antibody – a big risk in any therapeutic development project.
Afucosylation, i.e. the removal of core fucose residues from antibody glycan structures is a way of enhancing ADCC without any amino acid substitutions. At evitria, we combine ProBioGen’s proprietary cell engineering approach, GlymaxX® with our transient CHO antibody expression platform to rapidly deliver high quality afucosylated antibodies.
By increasing ADCC through afucosylation, your antibody drugs can achieve greater efficacy against target cells. This is achieved by enhancing the interaction between the antibody’s Fc region and FcγrIIIa receptors on effector cells like natural killer cells (NK cells) or T-cells, leading to improved antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity.2


Expression service for truly afucosylated antibodies? No matter of course!
ProBioGen’s GlymaxX® technology seamless integrates with our rapid transient CHO expression service. With these technologies, we can produce your ideal side-by-side comparison to study the impact of antibody afucosylation.
Simulataneously, we transfect one CHO cell culture with your recombinant monoclonal antibody, and another culture with your antibody plus the RDB enzyme of GlymaxX®. This enzyme redirects the fucose synthesis pathways within our CHO cells, and so prevents the addition of core fucose onto the Asn298 glycan structures within the antibody Fc domain. Both cultures grow, express the transfected antibody, and are purified in parallel using evitria’s robust plaform, delivering high quality material and the ideal wild-type control.
GlymaxX® avoids the risks associated with Fc mutations that could have an impact on immunogenicity, developability, and stability. By avoiding changes to the antibody’s oligosaccharide structures or N-linked glycosylation sites, we maintain the natural effector functions and stability of the antibody. We have verified this through mass spectrometry analysis, the gold standard of antibody characterisation, and can offer this enhanced analytics verification to any recombinant antibody production we perform.
We focus exclusively on recombinant antibody production service through transient expression in CHO cells. This means that all our strength and expertise go into the production of mAbs, bsAbs, and other antibody-related formats – including afucosylated antibodies, Fc-silenced antibodies, and other proteins. We also offer bispecific antibody expression services. Our dedicated team ensures rapid turnaround times and high-quality deliverables, so you can progress your research without delay.
Recommended Downloads
Download our GlymaxX® technology spotlight to learn how the integrated GlymaxX® technology enhances ADCC activity without altering the amino acid sequence of your antibody.
Additionally, explore our PEGS poster to learn how an integrated workflow with advanced characterization validates ADCC-enhanced lead candidates.


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evitria’s afucosylated antibody expression service: accessing ProBioGen’s GlymaxX® technology
Our partnership with ProBioGen allows us to access the GlymaxX® platform – a cutting-edge technology for afucosylation. This system inhibits the enzymatic addition of fucose to the N-glycan structures on the Fc region of antibodies without any DNA sequence modifications. In other words: While alternative ADCC-enhancement approaches rely on Fc mutations that introduce risk of immunogenicity, developability, and stability risks, we can provide ADCC-enhanced materail without changing the sequence of your antibody.
By utilizing CHO host cells for our mammalian expression platform, we ensure high yields and scalability suitable for both small-scale assays and larger therapeutic antibody production. Our transient expression approach eliminates the need for stable cell line development, saving you time and resources.
With GlymaxX®, you receive antibodies with improved effector functions without compromising on quality or yield.
From sequence to antibody in 4 weeks
We know how tight timelines in biotechnological projects can be. With resources and know-how at hand, our efficient workflow allows us to provide you with recombinant antibodies within only 4 weeks. Starting with a pilot study, large-scale expression commences after 2 weeks, followed by purification, extensive analytics, and – finally – shipment of the deliverables to our customers worldwide.
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High-Throughput Antibody Production Service
Accelerate early-stage antibody discovery with parallel CHO expression of up to several hundred constructs per project.
evitria’s HTP antibody production service delivers purified, assay-ready antibodies within 4 weeks – with the same Swiss-quality analytical package used at clinical scale. No host-cell transitions, no re-optimization, no delays.

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Antibody-Dependent Cellular Cytotoxicity (ADCC) – Definition, Mechanism & Application
Antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity is a key process of the immune system’s arsenal to ward off cancerous cells and infections. We show you important definitions and the ADCC mechanism and key facts on ADCC antibodies in this post.

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Afucosylated recombinant antibodies
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Antibody glycoengineering: pushing forward biotechnology
The importance of glycosylation patterns (sugar sequences) on proteins and their glycobiology have been intensely investigated in recent years, and the deeper understanding spawned novel applications that push biotechnology forward. vice offerings in the field of glyco-engineering.
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Afucosylation simply explained
Afucosylation stands as a critical phenomenon with far-reaching implications. This article aims to provide an exploration of afucosylation, shedding light on its significance and its role in various scientific fields.
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Glycosylation of proteins
Glycosylation is an essential biochemical process, which is also used in the production of recombinant proteins. In this article, we will explore it in more detail.
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Applications of afucosylated antibodies
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FAQs on Afucosylated Antibody Expression Service
evitria expresses afucosylated antibodies using ProBioGen’s GlymaxX® platform, a cutting-edge technology that inhibits the addition of fucose to the N-glycan structures on the Fc region of antibodies. This process is done without any alteration of the antibody sequence, ensuring the antibodies retain their natural structure and functionality.
ProBioGen’s GlymaxX® platform offers several key benefits for the production of afucosylated antibodies:
- Enhanced ADCC activity
- No sequence modifications
- Clinically validated
- ProBioGen. ADCC Enhancement and Glycoengineering. ProBioGen. Retrieved from https://www.probiogen.de/technologies-for-proteins/adcc-enhancement-glycoengineering ↩︎
- Liu, Scot, et al. “Afucosylated Antibodies Increase Activation of FcγRIIIa-Dependent Signaling Components to Intensify Processes Promoting ADCC.” Cancer Immunology Research, vol. 3, no. 2, 2015, pp. 173-183. https://doi.org/10.1158/2326-6066.CIR-14-0125. ↩︎











