HLA-A*02:01 presenting "GILGFVFTL" to Alpha/Beta T cell receptor at 1.40Å resolution
Data provenance
Information sections
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- Peptide details
- Peptide neighbours
- Binding cleft pockets
- Chain sequences
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- Data license
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Complex type
Class i with peptide and alpha beta tcr
HLA-A*02:01
GILGFVFTL
TRAV27
TRBV19
Species
Locus / Allele group
A structural basis for immunodominant human T cell receptor recognition.
The anti-influenza CD8+ T cell response in HLA-A2-positive adults is almost exclusively directed at residues 58-66 of the virus matrix protein (MP(58-66)). V(beta)17V(alpha)10.2 T cell receptors (TCRs) containing a conserved arginine-serine-serine sequence in complementarity determining region 3 (CDR3) of the V(beta) segment dominate this response. To investigate the molecular basis of immunodominant selection in an outbred population, we have determined the crystal structure of V(beta)17V(alpha)10.2 in complex with MP(58-66)-HLA-A2 at a resolution of 1.4 A. We show that, whereas the TCR typically fits over an exposed side chain of the peptide, in this structure MP(58-66) exposes only main chain atoms. This distinctive orientation of V(beta)17V(alpha)10.2, which is almost orthogonal to the peptide-binding groove of HLA-A2, facilitates insertion of the conserved arginine in V(beta) CDR3 into a notch in the surface of MP(58-66)-HLA-A2. This previously unknown binding mode underlies the immunodominant T cell response.
Structure deposition and release
Data provenance
Publication data retrieved from PDBe REST API8 and PMCe REST API9
Other structures from this publication
Data provenance
MHC:peptide complexes are visualised using PyMol. The peptide is superimposed on a consistent cutaway slice of the MHC binding cleft (displayed as a grey mesh) which best indicates the binding pockets for the P1/P5/PC positions (side view - pockets A, E, F) and for the P2/P3/PC-2 positions (top view - pockets B, C, D). In some cases peptides will use a different pocket for a specific peptide position (atypical anchoring). On some structures the peptide may appear to sterically clash with a pocket. This is an artefact of picking a standardised slice of the cleft and overlaying the peptide.
Peptide neighbours
P1
GLY
LYS66
TYR59
GLU63
TRP167
TYR171
MET5
TYR159
TYR7
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P2
ILE
VAL67
PHE9
TYR159
LYS66
MET45
TYR7
HIS70
TYR99
GLU63
|
P3
LEU
TYR159
HIS70
TYR99
LYS66
HIS114
LEU156
ARG97
|
P4
GLY
LYS66
|
P5
PHE
TYR159
HIS70
LEU156
GLN155
|
P6
VAL
HIS70
LYS66
ALA69
THR73
|
P7
PHE
THR73
TRP147
TYR116
VAL152
ASP77
HIS114
LEU156
ARG97
|
P8
THR
TRP147
ASP77
LYS146
VAL76
THR73
|
P9
LEU
TRP147
TYR116
LEU81
ASP77
THR80
ILE124
TYR84
THR143
TYR123
VAL95
LYS146
|
Colour key
Data provenance
Neighbours are calculated by finding residues with atoms within 5Å of each other using BioPython Neighboursearch module. The list of neighbours is then sorted and filtered to inlcude only neighbours where between the peptide and the MHC Class I alpha chain.
Colours selected to match the YRB scheme. [https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmolb.2015.00056/full]
A Pocket
TYR159
THR163
TRP167
TYR171
MET5
TYR59
GLU63
LYS66
TYR7
|
B Pocket
ALA24
VAL34
MET45
GLU63
LYS66
VAL67
TYR7
HIS70
PHE9
TYR99
|
C Pocket
HIS70
THR73
HIS74
PHE9
ARG97
|
D Pocket
HIS114
GLN155
LEU156
TYR159
LEU160
TYR99
|
E Pocket
HIS114
TRP147
VAL152
LEU156
ARG97
|
F Pocket
TYR116
TYR123
THR143
LYS146
TRP147
ASP77
THR80
LEU81
TYR84
VAL95
|
Colour key
Data provenance
1. Beta 2 microglobulin
Beta 2 microglobulin
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10 20 30 40 50 60
MIQRTPKIQVYSRHPAENGKSNFLNCYVSGFHPSDIEVDLLKNGERIEKVEHSDLSFSKD 70 80 90 WSFYLLYYTEFTPTEKDEYACRVNHVTLSQPKIVKWDRDM |
2. Class I alpha
HLA-A*02:01
IPD-IMGT/HLA
[ipd-imgt:HLA35266] |
10 20 30 40 50 60
GSHSMRYFFTSVSRPGRGEPRFIAVGYVDDTQFVRFDSDAASQRMEPRAPWIEQEGPEYW 70 80 90 100 110 120 DGETRKVKAHSQTHRVDLGTLRGYYNQSEAGSHTVQRMYGCDVGSDWRFLRGYHQYAYDG 130 140 150 160 170 180 KDYIALKEDLRSWTAADMAAQTTKHKWEAAHVAEQLRAYLEGTCVEWLRRYLENGKETLQ 190 200 210 220 230 240 RTDAPKTHMTHHAVSDHEATLRCWALSFYPAEITLTWQRDGEDQTQDTELVETRPAGDGT 250 260 270 FQKWAAVVVPSGQEQRYTCHVQHEGLPKPLTLRWEP |
3. Peptide
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GILGFVFTL
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4. T cell receptor alpha
T cell receptor alpha
TRAV27
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10 20 30 40 50 60
MQLLEQSPQFLSIQEGENLTVYCNSSSVFSSLQWYRQEPGEGPVLLVTVVTGGEVKKLKR 70 80 90 100 110 120 LTFQFGDARKDSSLHITAAQPGDTGLYLCAGAGSQGNLIFGKGTKLSVKPNIQNPDPAVY 130 140 150 160 170 180 QLRDSKSSDKSVCLFTDFDSQTNVSQSKDSDVYITDKTVLDMRSMDFKSNSAVAWSNKSD 190 200 210 FACANAFNNSIIPEDTFFPSPENDGGGCKHHHHHH |
5. T cell receptor beta
T cell receptor beta
TRBV19
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10 20 30 40 50 60
MVDGGITQSPKYLFRKEGQNVTLSCEQNLNHDAMYWYRQDPGQGLRLIYYSQIVNDFQKG 70 80 90 100 110 120 DIAEGYSVSREKKESFPLTVTSAQKNPTAFYLCASSSRSSYEQYFGPGTRLTVTEDLKNV 130 140 150 160 170 180 FPPEVAVFEPSEAEISHTQKATLVCLATGFYPDHVELSWWVNGKEVHSGVSTDPQPLKEQ 190 200 210 220 230 240 PALNDSRYSLSSRLRVSATFWQNPRNHFRCQVQFYGLSENDEWTQDRAKPVTQIVSAEAW 250 GRADQDRGGGCD |
Data provenance
Sequences are retrieved via the Uniprot method of the RSCB REST API. Sequences are then compared to those derived from the PDB file and matched against sequences retrieved from the IPD-IMGT/HLA database for human sequences, or the IPD-MHC database for other species. Mouse sequences are matched against FASTA files from Uniprot. Sequences for the mature extracellular protein (signal petide and cytoplasmic tail removed) are compared to identical length sequences from the datasources mentioned before using either exact matching or Levenshtein distance based matching.
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Footnotes
- Protein Data Bank Europe - Coordinate Server
- 1HHK - HLA-A*02:01 binding LLFGYPVYV at 2.5Å resolution - PDB entry for 1HHK
- Protein structure alignment by incremental combinatorial extension (CE) of the optimal path. - PyMol CEALIGN Method - Publication
- PyMol - PyMol.org/pymol
- Levenshtein distance - Wikipedia entry
- Protein Data Bank Europe REST API - Molecules endpoint
- 3Dmol.js: molecular visualization with WebGL - 3DMol.js - Publication
- Protein Data Bank Europe REST API - Publication endpoint
- PubMed Central Europe REST API - Articles endpoint
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