7N1A

HLA-A*02:01 binding "YLQPRTFLL" at 2.06Å 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', 'E']

2. Class I alpha
HLA-A*02:01

['A', 'D']

3. Peptide
YLQPRTFLL

['C', 'F']

Species

Homo sapiens (Human)

Locus / Allele group

HLA-A / HLA-A*02

Publication

Structural assessment of HLA-A2-restricted SARS-CoV-2 spike epitopes recognized by public and private T-cell receptors.

Wu D, Kolesnikov A, Yin R, Guest JD, Gowthaman R, Shmelev A, Serdyuk Y, Dianov DV, Efimov GA, Pierce BG, Mariuzza RA

Nat Commun (2022) 13, 19 [doi:10.1038/s41467-021-27669-8] [pubmed:35013235]

T cells play a vital role in combatting SARS-CoV-2 and forming long-term memory responses. Whereas extensive structural information is available on neutralizing antibodies against SARS-CoV-2, such information on SARS-CoV-2-specific T-cell receptors (TCRs) bound to their peptide-MHC targets is lacking. Here we determine the structures of a public and a private TCR from COVID-19 convalescent patients in complex with HLA-A2 and two SARS-CoV-2 spike protein epitopes (YLQ and RLQ). The structures reveal the basis for selection of particular TRAV and TRBV germline genes by the public but not the private TCR, and for the ability of the TCRs to recognize natural variants of RLQ but not YLQ. Neither TCR recognizes homologous epitopes from human seasonal coronaviruses. By elucidating the mechanism for TCR recognition of an immunodominant yet variable epitope (YLQ) and a conserved but less commonly targeted epitope (RLQ), this study can inform prospective efforts to design vaccines to elicit pan-coronavirus immunity.

Structure deposition and release

Deposited: 2021-05-27

Released: 2021-07-28

Revised: 2022-02-02

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: YLQPRTFLL

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 TYR

THR163

MET5

TYR159

LYS66

TYR59

TYR7

TYR171

TRP167

GLU63

PHE33

P2 LEU

TYR7

MET45

GLU63

VAL67

TYR99

TYR159

LYS66

HIS70

PHE9

P3 GLN

TYR159

LYS66

HIS114

TYR99

LEU160

ARG97

LEU156

HIS70

P4 PRO

TYR159

LYS66

P5 ARG

GLN155

P6 THR

ALA69

THR73

P7 PHE

LEU156

GLN155

TYR116

VAL152

ASP77

TRP147

THR73

P8 LEU

THR143

VAL76

LYS146

ASP77

TRP147

THR73

P9 LEU

THR143

TYR116

TYR123

LEU81

THR80

LYS146

ILE124

TYR84

ASP77

TRP147

VAL95

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

ALA159

GLY163

GLU167

ARG171

SER5

GLU59

GLY63

ARG66

ARG7

B Pocket

ILE24

PHE34

ARG45

GLY63

ARG66

LYS67

ARG7

ALA70

PHE9

MET99

C Pocket

ALA70

GLN73

THR74

PHE9

GLN97

D Pocket

TYR114

GLU155

GLN156

ALA159

TYR160

MET99

E Pocket

TYR114

LYS147

HIS152

GLN156

GLN97

F Pocket

GLN116

ASP123

THR143

HIS146

LYS147

VAL77

GLY80

THR81

GLY84

THR95

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 MGSHSMRYFFTSVSRPGRGEPRFIAVGYVDDTQFVRFDSDAASQRMEPRAPWIEQEGPEY 70 80 90 100 110 120 WDGETRKVKAHSQTHRVDLGTLRGYYNQSEAGSHTVQRMYGCDVGSDWRFLRGYHQYAYD 130 140 150 160 170 180 GKDYIALKEDLRSWTAADMAAQTTKHKWEAAHVAEQLRAYLEGTCVEWLRRYLENGKETL 190 200 210 220 230 240 QRTDAPKTHMTHHAVSDHEATLRCWALSFYPAEITLTWQRDGEDQTQDTELVETRPAGDG 250 260 270 TFQKWAAVVVPSGQEQRYTCHVQHEGLPKPLTLRWE

3. Peptide	YLQPRTFLL

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]

Components

MHC Class I alpha chain [cif]

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

Peptide only [cif]

Derived data

Data for this page [json]

https://api.histo.fyi/v1/structures/7n1a

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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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