Toll-like receptor TLR4 and MD-2 bound to lipopolysaccharide
PDB ID: 3FXIToll-like receptors recognize foreign molecules as part of the innate immune system. This structure includes the extracellular domain of TLR4 bound to the protein MD-2, which together recognize bacterial lipopolysaccharides.
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Discussed Structures from Toll-like Receptors
Toll-like receptor TLR4 and MD-2 bound to lipopolysaccharide
Toll-like receptor TLR1/TLR2 bound to lipopeptide
Toll-like receptor TLR3 bound to double-stranded RNA
Toll-like receptor TLR10 cytoplasmic domain
Reference
PDB ID: 3FXI
, Pubmed
Park, B.S., Song, D.H., Kim, H.M., Choi, B.-S., Lee, H., Lee, J.-O. (2009) The structural basis of lipopolysaccharide recognition by the TLR4-MD-2 complex. Nature 458: 1191-5

