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2V2X

HLA-A*02:01 binding "SLFNTVATL" at 1.60Å 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', 'E']
2. Class I alpha
HLA-A*02:01
['A', 'D']
3. Peptide
SLFNTVATL
['C', 'F']

Species


Locus / Allele group


Publication

T cell cross-reactivity and conformational changes during TCR engagement.

Lee JK, Stewart-Jones G, Dong T, Harlos K, Di Gleria K, Dorrell L, Douek DC, van der Merwe PA, Jones EY, McMichael AJ
J. Exp. Med. (2004) 200, 1455-66 [doi:10.1084/jem.20041251]  [pubmed:15583017

All thymically selected T cells are inherently cross-reactive, yet many data indicate a fine specificity in antigen recognition, which enables virus escape from immune control by mutation in infections such as the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). To address this paradox, we analyzed the fine specificity of T cells recognizing a human histocompatibility leukocyte antigen (HLA)-A2-restricted, strongly immunodominant, HIV gag epitope (SLFNTVATL). The majority of 171 variant peptides tested bound HLA-A2, but only one third were recognized. Surprisingly, one recognized variant (SLYNTVATL) showed marked differences in structure when bound to HLA-A2. T cell receptor (TCR) recognition of variants of these two peptides implied that they adopted the same conformation in the TCR-peptide-major histocompatibility complex (MHC) complex. However, the on-rate kinetics of TCR binding were identical, implying that conformational changes at the TCR-peptide-MHC binding interface occur after an initial permissive antigen contact. These findings have implications for the rational design of vaccines targeting viruses with unstable genomes.

Structure deposition and release

Deposited: 2007-06-07
Released: 2007-11-06
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: Nonamer (9 amino acids)

Sequence: SLFNTVATL

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 SER

TYR159
TRP167
TYR7
TYR171
LYS66
TYR59
GLU63
MET5
PHE33
P2 LEU

PHE9
GLU63
LYS66
TYR159
TYR7
HIS70
MET45
TYR99
VAL67
P3 PHE

LYS66
HIS70
TYR99
GLN155
ARG97
LEU156
TYR159
P4 ASN

LYS66
ARG65
P5 THR

LYS66
HIS70
THR73
ALA69
ARG97
P6 VAL

GLN155
P7 ALA

VAL152
TYR116
THR73
TRP147
P8 THR

THR73
TRP147
ASP77
VAL76
LYS146
P9 LEU

TYR116
THR143
VAL95
TRP147
ASP77
THR80
ILE124
TYR84
LEU81
TYR123
LYS146

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
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

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
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
SLFNTVATL


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. 2V2X assembly 1  
  2. 2V2X assembly 2  

Components

MHC Class I alpha chain [cif]
  1. 2V2X assembly 1  
  2. 2V2X assembly 2  
MHC Class I antigen binding domain (alpha1/alpha2) [cif]
  1. 2V2X assembly 1  
  2. 2V2X assembly 2  
Peptide only [cif]
  1. 2V2X assembly 1  
  2. 2V2X assembly 2  

Derived data

Data for this page [json]
https://api.histo.fyi/v1/structures/2v2x

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