1bz9

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CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF MURINE CLASS I MHC H2-DB COMPLEXED WITH A SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE P1027

PDB ID 1bz9

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Structural highlights

1bz9 is a 3 chain structure with sequence from Mus musculus. This structure supersedes the now removed PDB entry 1a9d. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
Method:	X-ray diffraction, Resolution 2.8Å
Resources:	FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT

Function

HA11_MOUSE Involved in the presentation of foreign antigens to the immune system.

Evolutionary Conservation

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Publication Abstract from PubMed

The T cell receptor (TCR), from a xeno-reactive murine cytotoxic T lymphocyte clone AHIII12.2, recognizes murine H-2Db complexed with peptide p1027 (FAPGVFPYM), as well as human HLA-A2.1 complexed with peptide p1049 (ALWGFFPVL). A commonly proposed model (the molecular mimicry model) used to explain TCR cross-reactivity suggests that the molecular surfaces of the recognized complexes are similar in shape, charge, or both, in spite of the primary sequence differences. To examine the mechanism of xeno-reactivity of AHIII12.2, we have determined the crystal structures of A2/p1049 and Db/p1027 to 2.5 A and 2.8 A resolution, respectively. The crystal structures show that the TCR footprint regions of the two class I complexes are significantly different in shape and charge. We propose that rather than simple molecular mimicry, unpredictable arrays of common and differential contacts on the two class I complexes are used for their recognition by the same TCR.

Structural evidence of T cell xeno-reactivity in the absence of molecular mimicry.,Zhao R, Loftus DJ, Appella E, Collins EJ J Exp Med. 1999 Jan 18;189(2):359-70. PMID:9892618^[1]

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References

↑ Zhao R, Loftus DJ, Appella E, Collins EJ. Structural evidence of T cell xeno-reactivity in the absence of molecular mimicry. J Exp Med. 1999 Jan 18;189(2):359-70. PMID:9892618