A T cell receptor CDR3beta loop undergoes conformational changes of unprecedented magnitude upon binding to a peptide/MHC class I complex.
Reiser, J.B., Gregoire, C., Darnault, C., Mosser, T., Guimezanes, A., Schmitt-Verhulst, A.M., Fontecilla-Camps, J.C., Mazza, G., Malissen, B., Housset, D.(2002) Immunity 16: 345-354
- PubMed: 11911820 
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
- PubMed Abstract: 
The elongated complementary-determining region (CDR) 3beta found in the unliganded KB5-C20 TCR protrudes from the antigen binding site and prevents its docking onto the peptide/MHC (pMHC) surface according to a canonical diagonal orientation. We now ...