2c7u | pdb_00002c7u

Conflicting selective forces affect CD8 T-cell receptor contact sites in an HLA-A2 immunodominant HIV epitope.

spinqualitylabelsall models 2c7u, resolution 2.38Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 2c7u is a 6 chain structure with sequence from Homo sapiens and Human immunodeficiency virus 1. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Method: X-ray diffraction, Resolution 2.38Å Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Evolutionary Conservation Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf. Publication Abstract from PubMed Cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) are critical for the control of human immunodeficiency virus, but containment of virus replication can be undermined by mutations in CTL epitopes that lead to virus escape. We analyzed the evolution in vivo of an immunodominant, HLA-A2-restricted CTL epitope and found two principal, diametrically opposed evolutionary pathways that exclusively affect T cell-receptor contact residues. One pathway was characterized by acquisition of CTL escape mutations and the other by selection for wild-type amino acids. The pattern of CTL responses to epitope variants shaped which variant(s) prevailed in the virus population. The pathways notably influenced the amount of plasma virus, as patients with efficient CTL selection had lower plasma viral loads than did patients without efficient selection. Thus, viral escape from CTL responses does not necessarily correlate with disease progression. Conflicting selective forces affect T cell receptor contacts in an immunodominant human immunodeficiency virus epitope.,Iversen AK, Stewart-Jones G, Learn GH, Christie N, Sylvester-Hviid C, Armitage AE, Kaul R, Beattie T, Lee JK, Li Y, Chotiyarnwong P, Dong T, Xu X, Luscher MA, MacDonald K, Ullum H, Klarlund-Pedersen B, Skinhoj P, Fugger L, Buus S, Mullins JI, Jones EY, van der Merwe PA, McMichael AJ Nat Immunol. 2006 Feb;7(2):179-89. Epub 2006 Jan 1. PMID:16388312 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See Also Beta-2 microglobulin 3D structures MHC 3D structures MHC I 3D structures

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