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==A2 HLA complex with L8A heteroclitic variant of Melanoma peptide==
<StructureSection load='4jfq' size='340' side='right'caption='[[4jfq]], [[Resolution|resolution]] 1.90&Aring;' scene=''>
== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[4jfq]] is a 6 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_sapiens Homo sapiens]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=4JFQ OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=4JFQ FirstGlance]. <br>
</td></tr><tr id='ligand'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Ligand|Ligands:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="ligandDat"><scene name='pdbligand=GOL:GLYCEROL'>GOL</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=MES:2-(N-MORPHOLINO)-ETHANESULFONIC+ACID'>MES</scene></td></tr>
<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=4jfq FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=4jfq OCA], [https://pdbe.org/4jfq PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=4jfq RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/4jfq PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=4jfq ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Disease ==
[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/B2MG_HUMAN B2MG_HUMAN] Defects in B2M are the cause of hypercatabolic hypoproteinemia (HYCATHYP) [MIM:[https://omim.org/entry/241600 241600]. Affected individuals show marked reduction in serum concentrations of immunoglobulin and albumin, probably due to rapid degradation.<ref>PMID:16549777</ref>   Note=Beta-2-microglobulin may adopt the fibrillar configuration of amyloid in certain pathologic states. The capacity to assemble into amyloid fibrils is concentration dependent. Persistently high beta(2)-microglobulin serum levels lead to amyloidosis in patients on long-term hemodialysis.<ref>PMID:3532124</ref> <ref>PMID:1336137</ref> <ref>PMID:7554280</ref> <ref>PMID:4586824</ref> <ref>PMID:8084451</ref> <ref>PMID:12119416</ref> <ref>PMID:12796775</ref> <ref>PMID:16901902</ref> <ref>PMID:16491088</ref> <ref>PMID:17646174</ref> <ref>PMID:18835253</ref> <ref>PMID:18395224</ref> <ref>PMID:19284997</ref> 
== Function ==
[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/B2MG_HUMAN B2MG_HUMAN] Component of the class I major histocompatibility complex (MHC). Involved in the presentation of peptide antigens to the immune system.
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== 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 &gt;1 muM). We used phage-display to produce a melanoma-specific TCR (alpha24beta17) with a &gt;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<ref>PMID:23698002</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
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==See Also==
*[[Beta-2 microglobulin 3D structures|Beta-2 microglobulin 3D structures]]
== References ==
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[[Category: Homo sapiens]]
[[Category: Large Structures]]
[[Category: Baker BM]]
[[Category: Cole DK]]
[[Category: Madura F]]
[[Category: Rizkallah PJ]]
[[Category: Sewell AK]]