2F53

Directed Evolution of Human T-cell Receptor CDR2 residues by phage display dramatically enhances affinity for cognate peptide-MHC without apparent cross-reactivity


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.10 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.231 
  • R-Value Work: 0.166 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.169 

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Literature

Directed evolution of human T cell receptor CDR2 residues by phage display dramatically enhances affinity for cognate peptide-MHC without increasing apparent cross-reactivity.

Dunn, S.M.Rizkallah, P.J.Baston, E.Mahon, T.Cameron, B.Moysey, R.Gao, F.Sami, M.Boulter, J.Li, Y.Jakobsen, B.K.

(2006) Protein Sci 15: 710-721

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1110/ps.051936406
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    2F53, 2F54

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    The mammalian alpha/beta T cell receptor (TCR) repertoire plays a pivotal role in adaptive immunity by recognizing short, processed, peptide antigens bound in the context of a highly diverse family of cell-surface major histocompatibility complexes (pMHCs). Despite the extensive TCR-MHC interaction surface, peptide-independent cross-reactivity of native TCRs is generally avoided through cell-mediated selection of molecules with low inherent affinity for MHC. Here we show that, contrary to expectations, the germ line-encoded complementarity determining regions (CDRs) of human TCRs, namely the CDR2s, which appear to contact only the MHC surface and not the bound peptide, can be engineered to yield soluble low nanomolar affinity ligands that retain a surprisingly high degree of specificity for the cognate pMHC target. Structural investigation of one such CDR2 mutant implicates shape complementarity of the mutant CDR2 contact interfaces as being a key determinant of the increased affinity. Our results suggest that manipulation of germ line CDR2 loops may provide a useful route to the production of high-affinity TCRs with therapeutic and diagnostic potential.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Avidex Limited, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4RX, UK.


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HLA class I histocompatibility antigen275Homo sapiensMutation(s): 0 
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Beta-2-microglobulin100Homo sapiensMutation(s): 1 
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Cancer/testis antigen 1B9N/AMutation(s): 0 
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T-cell Receptor, alpha chain193Homo sapiensMutation(s): 0 
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T-cell receptor, beta chain243Homo sapiensMutation(s): 0 
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.10 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.231 
  • R-Value Work: 0.166 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.169 
  • Space Group: P 1 21 1
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 76.234α = 90
b = 53.972β = 96.83
c = 119.905γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
SCALAdata scaling
AMoREphasing
REFMACrefinement
PDB_EXTRACTdata extraction
MOSFLMdata reduction
CCP4data scaling

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Entry History 

Deposition Data

Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2006-04-25
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2008-05-01
    Changes: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.2: 2011-07-13
    Changes: Advisory, Version format compliance
  • Version 1.3: 2021-10-20
    Changes: Database references, Derived calculations
  • Version 1.4: 2023-08-23
    Changes: Data collection, Refinement description