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'''CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF THE HUMAN CD4 N-TERMINAL TWO DOMAIN FRAGMENT COMPLEXED TO A CLASS II MHC MOLECULE''' | '''CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF THE HUMAN CD4 N-TERMINAL TWO DOMAIN FRAGMENT COMPLEXED TO A CLASS II MHC MOLECULE''' | ||
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Revision as of 18:21, 2 May 2008
CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF THE HUMAN CD4 N-TERMINAL TWO DOMAIN FRAGMENT COMPLEXED TO A CLASS II MHC MOLECULE
Overview
The structural basis of the interaction between the CD4 coreceptor and a class II major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is described. The crystal structure of a complex containing the human CD4 N-terminal two-domain fragment and the murine I-A(k) class II MHC molecule with associated peptide (pMHCII) shows that only the "top corner" of the CD4 molecule directly contacts pMHCII. The CD4 Phe-43 side chain extends into a hydrophobic concavity formed by MHC residues from both alpha 2 and beta 2 domains. A ternary model of the CD4-pMHCII-T-cell receptor (TCR) reveals that the complex appears V-shaped with the membrane-proximal pMHCII at the apex. This configuration excludes a direct TCR-CD4 interaction and suggests how TCR and CD4 signaling is coordinated around the antigenic pMHCII complex. Human CD4 binds to HIV gp120 in a manner strikingly similar to the way in which CD4 interacts with pMHCII. Additional contacts between gp120 and CD4 give the CD4-gp120 complex a greater affinity. Thus, ligation of the viral envelope glycoprotein to CD4 occludes the pMHCII-binding site on CD4, contributing to immunodeficiency.
About this Structure
1JL4 is a Protein complex structure of sequences from Gallus gallus, Homo sapiens and Mus musculus. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
Reference
Crystal structure of the human CD4 N-terminal two-domain fragment complexed to a class II MHC molecule., Wang JH, Meijers R, Xiong Y, Liu JH, Sakihama T, Zhang R, Joachimiak A, Reinherz EL, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 Sep 11;98(19):10799-804. Epub 2001 Sep 4. PMID:11535811 Page seeded by OCA on Fri May 2 21:21:18 2008
