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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
The pre-B cell receptor (pre-BCR) serves as a checkpoint in B cell | The pre-B cell receptor (pre-BCR) serves as a checkpoint in B cell development. In the 2.7 angstrom structure of a human pre-BCR Fab-like fragment, consisting of an antibody heavy chain (HC) paired with the surrogate light chain, the "unique regions" of VpreB and lambda5 replace the complementarity-determining region 3 (CDR3) loop of an antibody light chain and appear to "probe" the HC CDR3, potentially influencing the selection of the antibody repertoire. Biochemical analysis indicates that the pre-BCR is impaired in its ability to recognize antigen, which, together with electron microscopic visualization of a pre-BCR dimer, suggests ligand-independent oligomerization as the likely signaling mechanism. | ||
==Disease== | |||
Known diseases associated with this structure: Agammaglobulinemia, autosomal recessive OMIM:[[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/dispomim.cgi?id=146770 146770]] | |||
==About this Structure== | ==About this Structure== | ||
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[[Category: Homo sapiens]] | [[Category: Homo sapiens]] | ||
[[Category: Protein complex]] | [[Category: Protein complex]] | ||
[[Category: Bankovich, A | [[Category: Bankovich, A J.]] | ||
[[Category: Garcia, K | [[Category: Garcia, K C.]] | ||
[[Category: beta sheets]] | [[Category: beta sheets]] | ||
[[Category: v- and c-type immunoglobulin fold]] | [[Category: v- and c-type immunoglobulin fold]] | ||
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Crystal structure of a surrogate light chain (LAMBDA5 and VpreB) homodimer
Overview
The pre-B cell receptor (pre-BCR) serves as a checkpoint in B cell development. In the 2.7 angstrom structure of a human pre-BCR Fab-like fragment, consisting of an antibody heavy chain (HC) paired with the surrogate light chain, the "unique regions" of VpreB and lambda5 replace the complementarity-determining region 3 (CDR3) loop of an antibody light chain and appear to "probe" the HC CDR3, potentially influencing the selection of the antibody repertoire. Biochemical analysis indicates that the pre-BCR is impaired in its ability to recognize antigen, which, together with electron microscopic visualization of a pre-BCR dimer, suggests ligand-independent oligomerization as the likely signaling mechanism.
Disease
Known diseases associated with this structure: Agammaglobulinemia, autosomal recessive OMIM:[146770]
About this Structure
2H3N is a Protein complex structure of sequences from Homo sapiens. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
Reference
Structural insight into pre-B cell receptor function., Bankovich AJ, Raunser S, Juo ZS, Walz T, Davis MM, Garcia KC, Science. 2007 Apr 13;316(5822):291-4. PMID:17431183
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