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==Crystal structure of the unliganded BC8B TCR==
<StructureSection load='6cuh' size='340' side='right'caption='[[6cuh]], [[Resolution|resolution]] 2.01&Aring;' scene=''>
== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[6cuh]] is a 2 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=6CUH OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=6CUH FirstGlance]. <br>
</td></tr><tr id='method'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Empirical_models|Method:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="methodDat">X-ray diffraction, [[Resolution|Resolution]] 2.01&#8491;</td></tr>
<tr id='ligand'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Ligand|Ligands:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="ligandDat"><scene name='pdbligand=ACT:ACETATE+ION'>ACT</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=EDO:1,2-ETHANEDIOL'>EDO</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=PEG:DI(HYDROXYETHYL)ETHER'>PEG</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=PO4:PHOSPHATE+ION'>PO4</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=6cuh FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=6cuh OCA], [https://pdbe.org/6cuh PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=6cuh RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/6cuh PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=6cuh ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
CD1 proteins are expressed on dendritic cells, where they display lipid antigens to T-cell receptors (TCRs). Here we describe T-cell autoreactivity towards ubiquitous human membrane phospholipids presented by CD1b. These T-cells discriminate between two major types of lipids, sphingolipids and phospholipids, but were broadly cross-reactive towards diverse phospholipids including phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylinositol and phosphatidylethanolamine. The crystal structure of a representative TCR bound to CD1b-phosphatidylcholine provides a molecular mechanism for this promiscuous recognition. We observe a lateral escape channel in the TCR, which shunted phospholipid head groups sideways along the CD1b-TCR interface, without contacting the TCR. Instead the TCR recognition site involved the neck region phosphate that is common to all major self-phospholipids but absent in sphingolipids. Whereas prior studies have focused on foreign lipids or rare self-lipids, we define a new molecular mechanism of promiscuous recognition of common self-phospholipids including those that are known targets in human autoimmune disease.

A T-cell receptor escape channel allows broad T-cell response to CD1b and membrane phospholipids.,Shahine A, Reinink P, Reijneveld JF, Gras S, Holzheimer M, Cheng TY, Minnaard AJ, Altman JD, Lenz S, Prandi J, Kubler-Kielb J, Moody DB, Rossjohn J, Van Rhijn I Nat Commun. 2019 Jan 4;10(1):56. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-07898-0. PMID:30610190<ref>PMID:30610190</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
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==See Also==
*[[T-cell receptor 3D structures|T-cell receptor 3D structures]]
== References ==
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[[Category: Homo sapiens]]
[[Category: Large Structures]]
[[Category: Rossjohn J]]
[[Category: Shahine AE]]