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5oqg

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Crystal structure of a single chain trimer composed of the MHC I heavy chain H-2Kb W167A, beta-2microglobulin, and and ovalbumin-derived peptide.

Structural highlights

5oqg 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.
Method:	X-ray diffraction, Resolution 1.9Å
Resources:	FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT

Function

HA1B_MOUSE Involved in the presentation of foreign antigens to the immune system.B2MG_MOUSE Component of the class I major histocompatibility complex (MHC). Involved in the presentation of peptide antigens to the immune system.

Publication Abstract from PubMed

Endoplasmic reticulum aminopeptidase 1 (ERAP1) and ERAP2 process N-terminally extended antigenic precursors for optimal loading onto major histocompatibility complex class I (MHC I) molecules. We and others have demonstrated that ERAP1 processes peptides bound to MHC I, but the underlying mechanism is unknown. To this end, we utilized single-chain trimers (SCT) of the ovalbumin-derived epitope SIINFEKL (SL8) tethered to the H2-Kb MHC I determinant from mouse and introduced three substitutions, E63A, K66A, and W167A, at the A-pocket of the peptide-binding groove in the MHC I heavy chain, which interact with the N termini of peptides. These variants significantly decreased SL8-presenting SCT at the cell surface in the presence of ERAP1, but did not affect overall SCT expression, indicating that ERAP1 trims the SL8 N terminus. Comparison of the X-ray crystal structures of WT and three variant SCTs revealed only minor perturbations of the peptide-binding domain in the variants. However, molecular dynamics simulations suggested that SL8 can dissociate partially within a sub-microsecond timescale, exposing its N terminus to the solvent. We also found that the C terminus of MHC I-bound SL8 remains deeply buried in the F-pocket of MHC I. Furthermore, free-energy calculations revealed that the three SCT variants exhibit lower free-energy barriers of N terminus dissociation than the WT Kb. Taken together, our results are consistent with a previously observed model in which the partial dissociation of bound peptides from MHC I exposes their N terminus to trimming by ERAP1, while their C terminus is anchored at the F-pocket.

The partial dissociation of MHC class I bound peptides exposes their N terminus to trimming by endoplasmic reticulum aminopeptidase 1.,Papakyriakou A, Reeves E, Beton M, Mikolajek H, Douglas L, Cooper G, Elliott T, Werner JM, James E J Biol Chem. 2018 Mar 29. pii: RA117.000313. doi: 10.1074/jbc.RA117.000313. PMID:29599287^[1]

From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

References

↑ Papakyriakou A, Reeves E, Beton M, Mikolajek H, Douglas L, Cooper G, Elliott T, Werner JM, James E. The partial dissociation of MHC class I bound peptides exposes their N terminus to trimming by endoplasmic reticulum aminopeptidase 1. J Biol Chem. 2018 Mar 29. pii: RA117.000313. doi: 10.1074/jbc.RA117.000313. PMID:29599287 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.RA117.000313