Structures of peptide-free and partially loaded MHC class I molecules reveal mechanisms of peptide selection
oleh: Raghavendra Anjanappa, Maria Garcia-Alai, Janine-Denise Kopicki, Julia Lockhauserbäumer, Mohamed Aboelmagd, Janina Hinrichs, Ioana Maria Nemtanu, Charlotte Uetrecht, Martin Zacharias, Sebastian Springer, Rob Meijers
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2020-03-01 |
Deskripsi
Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) class I molecules present tightly binding peptides on the cell surface for recognition by cytotoxic T cells. Here, the authors present the crystal structures of a disulfide-stabilized human MHC class I molecule in the peptide-free state and bound with dipeptides, and find that peptide binding is accompanied by concerted conformational switches of the amino acid side chains in the binding pockets.