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|GENE= HLA-B, HLAB ([http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&srchmode=5&id=9606 Homo sapiens])
|GENE= HLA-B, HLAB ([http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&srchmode=5&id=9606 Homo sapiens])
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|RELATEDENTRY=[[2nw2|2NW2]]
|RESOURCES=<span class='plainlinks'>[http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-docs/fgij/fg.htm?mol=2nw3 FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=2nw3 OCA], [http://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/2nw3 PDBsum], [http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=2nw3 RCSB]</span>
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==Overview==
==Overview==
Plasticity of the T cell receptor (TCR) is a hallmark of major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-restricted T cell recognition. However, it is unclear whether interactions of TCR and peptide-MHC class I (pMHCI) always conform to this paradigm. Here we describe the structure of a TCR, ELS4, in its non-ligand-bound form and in complex with a prominent 'bulged' Epstein-Barr virus peptide bound to HLA-B(*)3501. This complex was atypical of previously characterized TCR-pMHCI interactions in that a rigid face of the TCR crumpled the bulged antigenic determinant. This peptide 'bulldozing' created a more featureless pMHCI determinant, allowing the TCR to maximize MHC class I contacts essential for MHC class I restriction of TCR recognition. Our findings represent a mechanism of antigen recognition whereby the plasticity of the T cell response is dictated mainly by adjustments in the MHC-bound peptide.
Plasticity of the T cell receptor (TCR) is a hallmark of major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-restricted T cell recognition. However, it is unclear whether interactions of TCR and peptide-MHC class I (pMHCI) always conform to this paradigm. Here we describe the structure of a TCR, ELS4, in its non-ligand-bound form and in complex with a prominent 'bulged' Epstein-Barr virus peptide bound to HLA-B(*)3501. This complex was atypical of previously characterized TCR-pMHCI interactions in that a rigid face of the TCR crumpled the bulged antigenic determinant. This peptide 'bulldozing' created a more featureless pMHCI determinant, allowing the TCR to maximize MHC class I contacts essential for MHC class I restriction of TCR recognition. Our findings represent a mechanism of antigen recognition whereby the plasticity of the T cell response is dictated mainly by adjustments in the MHC-bound peptide.
==Disease==
Known diseases associated with this structure: Abacavir hypersensitivity, susceptibility to OMIM:[[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/dispomim.cgi?id=142830 142830]], Hypoproteinemia, hypercatabolic OMIM:[[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/dispomim.cgi?id=109700 109700]], Spondyloarthropathy, susceptibility to, 1 OMIM:[[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/dispomim.cgi?id=142830 142830]], Stevens-Johnson syndrome, carbamazepine-induced, susceptibility to OMIM:[[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/dispomim.cgi?id=142830 142830]]


==About this Structure==
==About this Structure==
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[[Category: mhc]]
[[Category: mhc]]


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