2h3n | pdb_00002h3n
Crystal structure of a surrogate light chain (LAMBDA5 and VpreB) homodimer
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| 2h3n, resolution 2.3Å | |||||||||||||
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| Gene: | VPREB1, VPREB (Homo sapiens), IGLL1, IGL1 (Homo sapiens) | ||||||||||||
| Related: | 2H32
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| Resources: | FirstGlance, OCA, PDBsum, RCSB | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates: | save as pdb, mmCIF, xml | ||||||||||||
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.
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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