Crystal structure of the beta chain of a T cell antigen receptor.
Bentley, G.A., Boulot, G., Karjalainen, K., Mariuzza, R.A.(1995) Science 267: 1984-1987
- PubMed: 7701320 
- DOI: 10.1126/science.7701320
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
1BEC - PubMed Abstract: 
The crystal structure of the extracellular portion of the beta chain of a murine T cell antigen receptor (TCR), determined at a resolution of 1.7 angstroms, shows structural homology to immunoglobulins. The structure of the first and second hypervariable loops suggested that, in general, they adopt more restricted sets of conformations in TCR beta chains than those found in immunoglobulins; the third hypervariable loop had certain structural characteristics in common with those of immunoglobulin heavy chain variable domains ...