H2-Kd binding "LYLVCGERG" at 2.31Å resolution
Data provenance
Information sections
- Publication
- Peptide details
- Peptide neighbours
- Binding cleft pockets
- Chain sequences
- Downloadable data
- Data license
- Footnotes
Complex type
H2-Kd
LYLVCGERG
Species
Locus / Allele group
Distortion of the MHC class I binding groove to accommodate an insulin-derived 10-mer peptide.
The non-obese diabetic mouse model of type 1 diabetes continues to be an important tool for delineating the role of T-cell-mediated destruction of pancreatic β-cells. However, little is known about the molecular mechanisms that enable this disease pathway. We show that insulin reactivity by a CD8(+) T-cell clone, known to induce type 1 diabetes, is characterized by weak T-cell antigen receptor binding to a relatively unstable peptide-MHC. The structure of the native 9- and 10-mer insulin epitopes demonstrated that peptide residues 7 and 8 form a prominent solvent-exposed bulge that could potentially be the main focus of T-cell receptor binding. The C terminus of the peptide governed peptide-MHC stability. Unexpectedly, we further demonstrate a novel mode of flexible peptide presentation in which the MHC peptide-binding groove is able to "open the back door" to accommodate extra C-terminal peptide residues.
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
LEU
GLU62
TYR171
TYR159
TYR59
TYR7
ARG66
PHE99
GLU163
TRP167
GLN63
LEU5
|
P2
TYR
VAL9
ALA24
PHE22
GLN63
ALA67
PHE45
ARG97
PHE74
ASP70
TYR159
TYR7
ARG66
PHE99
|
P3
LEU
ASP70
GLU163
PHE99
TYR155
ARG97
TYR159
ARG66
TYR156
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P4
VAL
ARG66
ALA67
TYR155
ARG97
SER69
TYR156
ASP70
|
P5
CYS
ARG97
PHE74
TYR156
PHE116
HIS114
TRP73
ASP70
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P6
GLY
TYR155
TYR156
TRP73
ASP152
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P7
GLU
LYS146
TYR156
TRP73
ASP152
TRP147
ALA150
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P8
ARG
THR143
SER69
TRP73
VAL76
TRP147
SER77
GLN72
LYS146
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P9
GLY
THR80
TYR84
TRP147
LYS146
THR143
TRP73
TYR123
ILE142
SER77
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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
ALA159
GLY163
GLU167
ARG171
SER5
GLU59
GLU63
GLN66
ARG7
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B Pocket
ILE24
PHE34
ARG45
GLU63
GLN66
ARG67
ARG7
SER70
PHE9
MET99
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C Pocket
SER70
GLN73
TRP74
PHE9
GLN97
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D Pocket
TYR114
GLU155
TYR156
ALA159
TYR160
MET99
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E Pocket
TYR114
LYS147
GLY152
TYR156
GLN97
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F Pocket
GLN116
ASP123
ILE143
ARG146
LYS147
VAL77
ARG80
THR81
ARG84
THR95
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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
H2-Kd
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10 20 30 40 50 60
MGPHSLRYFVTAVSRPGLGEPRFIAVGYVDDTQFVRFDSDADNPRFEPRAPWMEQEGPEY 70 80 90 100 110 120 WEEQTQRAKSDEQWFRVSLRTAQRYYNQSKGGSHTFQRMFGCDVGSDWRLLRGYHQFAYD 130 140 150 160 170 180 GRDYIALNEDLKTWTAADTAALITRRKWEQAGDAEYYRAYLEGECVEWLRRYLELGNETL 190 200 210 220 230 240 LRTDSPKAHVTYHPRSQVDVTLRCWALGFYPADITLTWQLNGEDLTQDMELVETRPAGDG 250 260 270 TFQKWAAVVVPLGKEQNYTCHVHHKGLPEPLTLRWKP |
3. Peptide
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LYLVCGERG
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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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Data license
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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