Recognition of host Clr-b by the inhibitory NKR-P1B receptor provides a basis for missing-self recognition

oleh: Gautham R. Balaji, Oscar A. Aguilar, Miho Tanaka, Miguel A. Shingu-Vazquez, Zhihui Fu, Benjamin S. Gully, Lewis L. Lanier, James R. Carlyle, Jamie Rossjohn, Richard Berry

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2018-11-01

Deskripsi

Natural killer (NK) cells eliminate damaged cells, but spare healthy ones by recognizing their expressed ligands via NK inhibitory receptors. Here the authors solve the structure of an NK inhibitory receptor, NKR-P1B, bound to its ligand, Clr-b, with further data suggesting a weak interaction and informing on the basis of missing-self recognition.