| Structural highlights
3ilq is a 2 chain structure with sequence from Mus musculus. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
| | Ligands: | ,
| | Related: | 2fik, 1zhn, 3ilp |
| Gene: | Cd1.1, CD1d, Cd1d1 (Mus musculus), B2m, beta 2 microblobulin, mCG_11606, RP23-34E24.5-001 (Mus musculus) |
| Resources: | FirstGlance, OCA, RCSB, PDBsum |
Evolutionary Conservation
Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf.
Publication Abstract from PubMed
Invariant natural killer T cells (iNKT cells) respond to CD1d-presented glycolipids from Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative agent of Lyme disease. Although mouse and human iNKT cells respond to different antigens based on subtle differences in their fatty acids, the mechanism by which fatty acid structure determines antigenic potency is not well understood. Here we show that the mouse and human CD1d present glycolipids having different fatty acids, based in part upon a difference at a single amino acid position that is involved in positioning the sugar epitope. CD1d also can bind nonantigenic lipids, however, but unexpectedly, mouse CD1d orients the two aliphatic chains of a nonantigenic lipid rotated 180 degrees , causing a dramatic repositioning of the exposed sugar. Therefore, our data reveal the biochemical basis for the high degree of antigenic specificity of iNKT cells for certain fatty acids, and they suggest how microbes could alter fatty acid biosynthesis as an immune evasion mechanism.
Lipid binding orientation within CD1d affects recognition of Borrelia burgorferi antigens by NKT cells.,Wang J, Li Y, Kinjo Y, Mac TT, Gibson D, Painter GF, Kronenberg M, Zajonc DM Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Dec 30. PMID:20080535[1]
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References
- ↑ Wang J, Li Y, Kinjo Y, Mac TT, Gibson D, Painter GF, Kronenberg M, Zajonc DM. Lipid binding orientation within CD1d affects recognition of Borrelia burgorferi antigens by NKT cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Dec 30. PMID:20080535
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