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| - | Target cell lysis is regulated by natural killer (NK) cell receptors that | + | Target cell lysis is regulated by natural killer (NK) cell receptors that recognize class I MHC molecules. Here we report the crystal structure of the human immunoglobulin-like NK cell receptor KIR2DL2 in complex with its class I ligand HLA-Cw3 and peptide. KIR binds in a nearly orthogonal orientation across the alpha1 and alpha2 helices of Cw3 and directly contacts positions 7 and 8 of the peptide. No significant conformational changes in KIR occur on complex formation. The receptor footprint on HLA overlaps with but is distinct from that of the T-cell receptor. Charge complementarity dominates the KIR/HLA interface and mutations that disrupt interface salt bridges substantially diminish binding. Most contacts in the complex are between KIR and conserved HLA-C residues, but a hydrogen bond between Lys 44 of KIR2DL2 and Asn 80 of Cw3 confers the allotype specificity. KIR contact requires position 8 of the peptide to be a residue smaller than valine. A second KIR/HLA interface produced an ordered receptor-ligand aggregation in the crystal which may resemble receptor clustering during immune synapse formation. |
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[[Category: Homo sapiens]] | [[Category: Homo sapiens]] | ||
[[Category: Protein complex]] | [[Category: Protein complex]] | ||
| - | [[Category: Boyington, J | + | [[Category: Boyington, J C.]] |
| - | [[Category: Brooks, A | + | [[Category: Brooks, A G.]] |
| - | [[Category: Motyka, S | + | [[Category: Motyka, S A.]] |
[[Category: Schuck, P.]] | [[Category: Schuck, P.]] | ||
| - | [[Category: Sun, P | + | [[Category: Sun, P D.]] |
[[Category: class i]] | [[Category: class i]] | ||
[[Category: hla]] | [[Category: hla]] | ||
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[[Category: receptor/mhc complex]] | [[Category: receptor/mhc complex]] | ||
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STRUCTURE OF A COMPLEX BETWEEN THE HUMAN NATURAL KILLER CELL RECEPTOR KIR2DL2 AND A CLASS I MHC LIGAND HLA-CW3
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Overview
Target cell lysis is regulated by natural killer (NK) cell receptors that recognize class I MHC molecules. Here we report the crystal structure of the human immunoglobulin-like NK cell receptor KIR2DL2 in complex with its class I ligand HLA-Cw3 and peptide. KIR binds in a nearly orthogonal orientation across the alpha1 and alpha2 helices of Cw3 and directly contacts positions 7 and 8 of the peptide. No significant conformational changes in KIR occur on complex formation. The receptor footprint on HLA overlaps with but is distinct from that of the T-cell receptor. Charge complementarity dominates the KIR/HLA interface and mutations that disrupt interface salt bridges substantially diminish binding. Most contacts in the complex are between KIR and conserved HLA-C residues, but a hydrogen bond between Lys 44 of KIR2DL2 and Asn 80 of Cw3 confers the allotype specificity. KIR contact requires position 8 of the peptide to be a residue smaller than valine. A second KIR/HLA interface produced an ordered receptor-ligand aggregation in the crystal which may resemble receptor clustering during immune synapse formation.
Disease
Known disease associated with this structure: Hypoproteinemia, hypercatabolic OMIM:[109700]
About this Structure
1EFX is a Protein complex structure of sequences from Homo sapiens. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
Reference
Crystal structure of an NK cell immunoglobulin-like receptor in complex with its class I MHC ligand., Boyington JC, Motyka SA, Schuck P, Brooks AG, Sun PD, Nature. 2000 Jun 1;405(6786):537-43. PMID:10850706
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