2NW3

HLA-B*35:08 binding "EPLPQGQLTAY" at 1.70Å 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.

Complex type

Class i with peptide

1. Beta 2 microglobulin

['B']

2. Class I alpha
HLA-B*35:08

['A']

3. Peptide
EPLPQGQLTAY

['C']

Species

Homo sapiens (Human)

Locus / Allele group

HLA-B / HLA-B*35

Publication

A T cell receptor flattens a bulged antigenic peptide presented by a major histocompatibility complex class I molecule.

Tynan FE, Reid HH, Kjer-Nielsen L, Miles JJ, Wilce MC, Kostenko L, Borg NA, Williamson NA, Beddoe T, Purcell AW, Burrows SR, McCluskey J, Rossjohn J

Nat. Immunol. (2007) 8, 268-76 [doi:10.1038/ni1432] [pubmed:17259989]

Plasticity of the T cell receptor (TCR) is a hallmark of major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-restricted T cell recognition. However, it is unclear whether interactions of TCR and peptide-MHC class I (pMHCI) always conform to this paradigm. Here we describe the structure of a TCR, ELS4, in its non-ligand-bound form and in complex with a prominent 'bulged' Epstein-Barr virus peptide bound to HLA-B(*)3501. This complex was atypical of previously characterized TCR-pMHCI interactions in that a rigid face of the TCR crumpled the bulged antigenic determinant. This peptide 'bulldozing' created a more featureless pMHCI determinant, allowing the TCR to maximize MHC class I contacts essential for MHC class I restriction of TCR recognition. Our findings represent a mechanism of antigen recognition whereby the plasticity of the T cell response is dictated mainly by adjustments in the MHC-bound peptide.

Structure deposition and release

Deposited: 2006-11-14

Released: 2007-02-27

Revised: 2011-07-13

Data provenance

Publication data retrieved from PDBe REST API8 and PMCe REST API9

Other structures from this publication

Peptide details

Length: Undecamer (11 amino acids)

Sequence: EPLPQGQLTAY

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 GLU

PHE33

TYR171

TYR159

TYR7

ARG62

TYR59

ILE66

LEU163

ASN63

MET5

TRP167

P10 ALA

THR73

TRP147

SER77

ASN80

LYS146

GLU76

P11 TYR

LYS146

TYR84

ARG97

TYR123

TYR74

ILE124

TRP147

SER116

LEU81

ILE95

ILE142

GLN96

SER77

ASN80

THR143

P2 PRO

PHE67

TYR9

TYR159

TYR7

TYR99

ASN63

ILE66

P3 LEU

GLN155

ILE66

ASP114

ARG156

ASN70

TYR99

ARG97

TYR9

TYR159

P4 PRO

TYR159

ILE66

LEU163

P5 GLN

ILE66

GLN65

THR69

P6 GLY

GLN155

P7 GLN

GLN155

ALA150

P8 LEU

THR69

THR73

P9 THR

LYS146

ARG156

THR73

ALA150

TRP147

VAL152

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-B35:08 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	EPLPQGQLTAY

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]

2NW3 assembly 1

Components

MHC Class I alpha chain [cif]

2NW3 assembly 1

MHC Class I antigen binding domain (alpha1/alpha2) [cif]

2NW3 assembly 1

Peptide only [cif]

2NW3 assembly 1

Derived data

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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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