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2AXF

HLA-B*35:08 binding "APQPAPENAY" at 1.80Å resolution

Data provenance

Structure downloaded from PDB Europe using the Coordinate Server. Aligned to residues 1-180 of 1HHK2 using the CEALIGN3 function of PyMol4. Chain assigment using a Levenshtein distance5 method using data from the PDBe REST API6. Organism data from PDBe REST API. Data for both of these operations from the Molecules endpoint. Structure visualised with 3DMol7.

Information sections


Complex type

Class i with peptide

1. Beta 2 microglobulin
['B']
2. Class I alpha
HLA-B*35:08
['A']
3. Peptide
APQPAPENAY
['C']

Species


Locus / Allele group


Publication

The immunogenicity of a viral cytotoxic T cell epitope is controlled by its MHC-bound conformation.

Tynan FE, Elhassen D, Purcell AW, Burrows JM, Borg NA, Miles JJ, Williamson NA, Green KJ, Tellam J, Kjer-Nielsen L, McCluskey J, Rossjohn J, Burrows SR
J. Exp. Med. (2005) 202, 1249-60 [doi:10.1084/jem.20050864]  [pubmed:16275762

Thousands of potentially antigenic peptides are encoded by an infecting pathogen; however, only a small proportion induce measurable CD8(+) T cell responses. To investigate the factors that control peptide immunogenicity, we have examined the cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) response to a previously undefined epitope ((77)APQPAPENAY(86)) from the BZLF1 protein of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). This peptide binds well to two human histocompatibility leukocyte antigen (HLA) allotypes, HLA-B*3501 and HLA-B*3508, which differ by a single amino acid at position 156 ((156)Leucine vs. (156)Arginine, respectively). Surprisingly, only individuals expressing HLA-B*3508 show evidence of a CTL response to the (77)APQPAPENAY(86) epitope even though EBV-infected cells expressing HLA-B*3501 process and present similar amounts of peptide for CTL recognition, suggesting that factors other than peptide presentation levels are influencing immunogenicity. Functional and structural analysis revealed marked conformational differences in the peptide, when bound to each HLA-B35 allotype, that are dictated by the polymorphic HLA residue 156 and that directly affected T cell receptor recognition. These data indicate that the immunogenicity of an antigenic peptide is influenced not only by how well the peptide binds to major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules but also by its bound conformation. It also illustrates a novel mechanism through which MHC polymorphism can further diversify the immune response to infecting pathogens.

Structure deposition and release

Deposited: 2005-09-05
Released: 2005-11-29
Revised: 2017-10-11

Data provenance

Publication data retrieved from PDBe REST API8 and PMCe REST API9

Other structures from this publication


Peptide details

Length: Decamer (10 amino acids)

Sequence: APQPAPENAY

Interactive view
Cutaway side view (static)
Surface top view (static - coloured by atom property)
Cutaway top view (static)

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 ALA

ASN63
MET5
ARG62
TRP167
TYR59
TYR159
TYR7
TYR171
PHE33
P10 TYR

SER116
LEU81
ILE142
SER77
LYS146
ASN80
TYR84
TYR123
ILE95
THR143
TRP147
ILE124
ARG97
GLN96
TYR74
P2 PRO

TYR159
TYR7
TYR9
TYR99
ASN63
ILE66
PHE67
P3 GLN

TYR159
TYR9
TYR99
ILE66
ARG156
GLN155
P4 PRO

LEU163
ILE66
TYR159
P5 ALA

ILE66
THR69
ASN70
P6 PRO

THR69
THR73
P7 GLU

THR73
ARG97
TYR9
TYR74
ASN70
TYR99
ARG156
P8 ASN

SER77
ALA150
LYS146
VAL152
ARG97
TRP147
THR73
P9 ALA

ASN80
SER77
GLU76
LYS146
THR73
TRP147

Colour key

Aromatic Hydrophobic Acidic Basic Neutral/polar

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]


Binding cleft pockets


Peptide sidechain binding pockets (static)
Peptide terminii and backbone binding residues (static)
A Pocket

TYR159
LEU163
TRP167
TYR171
MET5
TYR59
ASN63
ILE66
TYR7
B Pocket

ALA24
VAL34
THR45
ASN63
ILE66
PHE67
TYR7
ASN70
TYR9
TYR99
C Pocket

ASN70
THR73
TYR74
TYR9
ARG97
D Pocket

ASP114
GLN155
ARG156
TYR159
LEU160
TYR99
E Pocket

ASP114
TRP147
VAL152
ARG156
ARG97
F Pocket

SER116
TYR123
THR143
LYS146
TRP147
SER77
ASN80
LEU81
TYR84
ILE95

Colour key

Binds N-terminus Binds P1 backbone Binds P2 backbone Binds PC-1 backbone Binds C-terminus

Data provenance

N-/C-terminus and peptide backbone binding residues are assigned according to previously published information and pockets are assigned according to an adaptation of a previously published set of residues. All numbering is currently that of the 'canonical' structures of human and mouse MHC Class I molecules.

Chain sequences

1. Beta 2 microglobulin
Beta 2 microglobulin
        10        20        30        40        50        60
IQRTPKIQVYSRHPAENGKSNFLNCYVSGFHPSDIEVDLLKNGERIEKVEHSDLSFSKDW
        70        80        90
SFYLLYYTEFTPTEKDEYACRVNHVTLSQPKIVKWDRDM

2. Class I alpha
HLA-B*35:08
IPD-IMGT/HLA
[ipd-imgt:HLA31926]
        10        20        30        40        50        60
GSHSMRYFYTAMSRPGRGEPRFIAVGYVDDTQFVRFDSDAASPRTEPRAPWIEQEGPEYW
        70        80        90       100       110       120
DRNTQIFKTNTQTYRESLRNLRGYYNQSEAGSHIIQRMYGCDLGPDGRLLRGHDQSAYDG
       130       140       150       160       170       180
KDYIALNEDLSSWTAADTAAQITQRKWEAARVAEQRRAYLEGLCVEWLRRYLENGKETLQ
       190       200       210       220       230       240
RADPPKTHVTHHPVSDHEATLRCWALGFYPAEITLTWQRDGEDQTQDTELVETRPAGDRT
       250       260       270
FQKWAAVVVPSGEEQRYTCHVQHEGLPKPLTLRWEP

3. Peptide
APQPAPENAY


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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Complete structures

Aligned structures [cif]
  1. 2AXF assembly 1  

Components

MHC Class I alpha chain [cif]
  1. 2AXF assembly 1  
MHC Class I antigen binding domain (alpha1/alpha2) [cif]
  1. 2AXF assembly 1  
Peptide only [cif]
  1. 2AXF assembly 1  

Derived data

Data for this page [json]
https://api.histo.fyi/v1/structures/2axf

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