4jfe

Preservation of peptide specificity during TCR-MHC contact dominated affinity enhancement of a melanoma-specific TCR

spinqualitylabelsall models 4jfe, resolution 2.70Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 4jfe is a 5 chain structure with sequence from Homo sapiens. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Method: X-ray diffraction, Resolution 2.7Å Ligands: GOL, SO4 Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Publication Abstract from PubMed The T-cell receptor (TCR) recognises peptides bound to major histocompatibility molecules (pMHC) and allows T-cells to interrogate the cellular proteaome for internal anomalies from the cell surface. The TCR contacts both MHC and peptide in an interaction characterised by weak affinity (KD >1 muM). We used phage-display to produce a melanoma-specific TCR (alpha24beta17) with a >30,000-fold enhanced binding affinity (KD = 600 pM) in order to aid our exploration of the molecular mechanisms utilised to maintain peptide specificity. Remarkably, although the enhanced affinity was mediated primarily through new TCR-MHC contacts, alpha24beta17 remained acutely sensitive to modifications at every position along the peptide backbone, mimicking the specificity of the wild type TCR. Thermodynamic analyses revealed an important role for solvation in directing peptide specificity. These findings advance our understanding of the molecular mechanisms that can govern the exquisite peptide specificity characteristic of TCR recognition. T-cell receptor specificity maintained by altered thermodynamics.,Madura F, Rizkallah PJ, Miles KM, Holland CJ, Bulek AM, Fuller A, Schauenburg AJ, Miles JJ, Liddy N, Sami M, Li Y, Hossain M, Baker BM, Jakobsen BK, Sewell AK, Cole DK J Biol Chem. 2013 May 22. PMID:23698002 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See Also Beta-2 microglobulin 3D structures T-cell receptor 3D structures

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