4U6X

HLA-A*02:01 binding "ALQDAGDSSRKEYFI" at 1.68Å 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-A*02:01

['A']

3. Peptide
ALQDAGDSSRKEYFI

['P']

Species

Homo sapiens (Human)

Locus / Allele group

HLA-A / HLA-A*02

Publication

Naturally Processed Non-Canonical HLA-A*02:01 Presented Peptides.

Hassan C, Chabrol E, Jahn L, Kester MG, de Ru AH, Drijfhout JW, Rossjohn J, Falkenburg JH, Heemskerk MH, Gras S, van Veelen PA

J. Biol. Chem. (2014) [doi:10.1074/jbc.M114.607028] [pubmed:25505266]

Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I molecules generally present peptides (p) of 8 to 11 amino acids (aa) in length. Although an increasing number of examples with lengthy (>11 aa) peptides, presented mostly by HLA-B alleles, have been reported. Here we characterize HLA-A*02:01 restricted, in addition to the HLA-B*0702 and HLA-B*4402 restricted, lengthy peptides (>11 aa) arising from the B-cell ligandome. We analyzed a number of 15-mer peptides presented by HLA-A*02:01, and confirmed pHLA-I formation by HLA folding and thermal stability assays. Surprisingly the binding affinity and stability of the 15-mer epitopes in complex with HLA-A*02:01 were comparable with the values observed for canonical length (8 to 11 aa) HLA-A*02:01-restricted peptides. We solved the structures of two 15-mer epitopes in complex with HLA-A*02:01, within which the peptides adopted distinct super-bulged conformations. Moreover, we demonstrate that T-cells can recognize the 15-mer peptides in the context of HLA-A*02:01, indicating that these 15-mer peptides represent immunogenic ligands. Collectively, our data expand our understanding of longer epitopes in the context of HLA-I, highlighting that they are not limited to the HLA-B family, but can bind the ubiquitous HLA-A*02:01 molecule, and play an important role in T-cell immunity.

Structure deposition and release

Deposited: 2014-07-30

Released: 2014-12-24

Revised: 2017-11-22

Data provenance

Publication data retrieved from PDBe REST API8 and PMCe REST API9

Other structures from this publication

Peptide details

Length: Pentadecamer (15 amino acids)

Sequence: ALQDAGDSSRKEYFI

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

MET5

TRP167

PHE33

TYR171

TYR159

TYR59

LYS66

GLU63

TYR7

P11 LYS

GLN155

P12 GLU

ALA69

THR73

P13 TYR

HIS114

VAL152

GLN155

THR73

ARG97

LEU156

TRP147

TYR116

P14 PHE

TRP147

ASP77

THR143

VAL76

LYS146

THR73

P15 ILE

TYR116

ASP77

THR143

LYS146

TYR84

TYR123

LEU81

TRP147

ILE124

THR80

P2 LEU

MET45

TYR7

HIS70

GLU63

VAL67

PHE9

TYR99

TYR159

LYS66

P3 GLN

LEU156

HIS70

TYR99

TYR159

LYS66

HIS114

GLN155

P4 ASP

LYS66

ARG65

P5 ALA

GLN155

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-A02:01 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	ALQDAGDSSRKEYFI

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]

4U6X assembly 1

Components

MHC Class I alpha chain [cif]

4U6X assembly 1

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

4U6X assembly 1

Peptide only [cif]

4U6X 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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