T cell receptor recognition of a 'super-bulged' major histocompatibility complex class I-bound peptide
Tynan, F.E., Burrows, S.R., Buckle, A.M., Clements, C.S., Borg, N.A., Miles, J.J., Beddoe, T., Whisstock, J.C., Wilce, M.C., Silins, S.L., Burrows, J.M., Kjer-Nielsen, L., Kostenko, L., Purcell, A.W., McCluskey, J., Rossjohn, J.(2005) Nat Immunol 6: 1114-1122
- PubMed: 16186824 
- DOI: 10.1038/ni1257
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
2AK4 - PubMed Abstract: 
Unusually long major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I-restricted epitopes are important in immunity, but their 'bulged' conformation represents a potential obstacle to alphabeta T cell receptor (TCR)-MHC class I docking. To elucidate how such recognition is achieved while still preserving MHC restriction, we have determined here the structure of a TCR in complex with HLA-B(*)3508 presenting a peptide 13 amino acids in length ...