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| Title | Architectural principles of transporter-chaperone coupling within the native MHC I peptide-loading complex. |
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| Journal, issue, pages | Sci Adv, Vol. 12, Issue 1, Page eaea7735, Year 2026 |
| Publish date | Jan 2, 2026 |
Authors | Milena Stolz / Lukas Sušac / Amin Fahim / Rieke Keller / Lisa Saggau / Filippo Mancia / Simon Trowitzsch / Robert Tampé / ![]() |
| PubMed Abstract | Adaptive immunity depends on major histocompatibility complex class I (MHC I) presentation of peptides, a process orchestrated by the peptide-loading complex (PLC) in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). ...Adaptive immunity depends on major histocompatibility complex class I (MHC I) presentation of peptides, a process orchestrated by the peptide-loading complex (PLC) in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). The PLC ensures precise peptide selection and loading and is a major target of viral immune evasion, notably by human cytomegalovirus (HCMV). Here, we report the 2.59- to 2.88-Å cryo-electron microscopy structure of native human PLC bound to the HCMV immune evasin US6. US6 inhibits the transporter associated with antigen processing 1/2 (TAP1/2) by laterally attaching its transmembrane helix to TAP2 using a disulfide-rich domain to mimic a translocating peptide. This domain blocks the ER-lumenal exit and locks TAP in an outward-facing conformation with closed nucleotide-binding domains and asymmetric adenosine 5'-triphosphate/adenosine 5'-diphosphate occlusion. The structure also reveals how TAP's amino-terminal transmembrane domains scaffold the MHC I chaperone tapasin. These findings elucidate the mechanism of US6-mediated immune evasion and highlight potential targets for therapeutic modulation of immune presentation in infection and cancer. |
External links | Sci Adv / PubMed:41481733 / PubMed Central |
| Methods | EM (single particle) |
| Resolution | 2.7 Å |
| Structure data | EMDB-53923, PDB-9rcv: |
| Chemicals | ![]() ChemComp-ATP: ![]() ChemComp-MG: ![]() ChemComp-NAG: ![]() ChemComp-ADP: ![]() ChemComp-HOH: |
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Keywords | IMMUNE SYSTEM / antigen processing / adaptive immunity / cryo-EM / ER chaperones / MHC class I / transporter associated with antigen processing |
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