1HHK

THE ANTIGENIC IDENTITY OF PEPTIDE(SLASH)MHC COMPLEXES: A COMPARISON OF THE CONFORMATION OF FIVE PEPTIDES PRESENTED BY HLA-A2

Summary for 1HHK

• Entry DOI: 10.2210/pdb1hhk/pdb
• Descriptor: CLASS I HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN (HLA-A*0201) (ALPHA CHAIN), BETA 2-MICROGLOBULIN, NONAMERIC PEPTIDE FROM HTLV-1 TAX PROTEIN (RESIDUES 11-19) (3 entities in total)
• Functional Keywords: histocompatibility antigen
• Biological source: Homo sapiens (human); More
• Cellular location: Membrane; Single-pass type I membrane protein: P01892; Secreted: P61769; Host nucleus (By similarity): P14079
• Total number of polymer chains: 6
• Total formula weight: 89607.68

Authors

Madden, D.R.,Garboczi, D.N.,Wiley, D.C. (deposition date: 1993-06-30, release date: 1993-10-31, Last modification date: 2024-11-20)

Primary citation

Madden, D.R.,Garboczi, D.N.,Wiley, D.C.
The antigenic identity of peptide-MHC complexes: a comparison of the conformations of five viral peptides presented by HLA-A2.
Cell(Cambridge,Mass.), 75:693-708, 1993

PubMed Abstract: Complexes of five peptides (from HIV-1, influenza A virus, HTLV-1, and hepatitis B virus proteins) bound to the human class I MHC molecule HLA-A2 have been studied by X-ray crystallography. While the peptide termini and their second and C-terminal anchor side chains are bound similarly in all five cases, the main chain and side chain conformations of each peptide are strikingly different in the center of the binding site, and these differences are accessible to direct TCR recognition. Each of the central peptide residues is seen to point up for some bound peptides, but down or sideways for others. Thus, although fixed at its ends, the structure of an MHC-bound peptide appears to be a highly complex function of its entire sequence, potentially sensitive to even small sequence differences. In contrast, MHC structural variation is relatively limited. These results offer a structural framework for understanding the role of nonanchor peptide side chains in both peptide-MHC binding affinity and TCR recognition.

PubMed: 7694806
DOI: 10.1016/0092-8674(93)90490-H

Experimental method

X-RAY DIFFRACTION (2.5 Å)