Hard wiring of T cell receptor specificity for the major histocompatibility complex is underpinned by TCR adaptability
Burrows, S.R., Chen, Z., Archbold, J.K., Tynan, F.E., Beddoe, T., Kjer-Nielsen, L., Miles, J.J., Khanna, R., Moss, D.J., Liu, Y.C., Gras, S., Kostenko, L., Brennan, R.M., Clements, C.S., Brooks, A.G., Purcell, A.W., McCluskey, J., Rossjohn, J.(2010) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 
- PubMed: 20483993 
- DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1004926107
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
3KWW, 3KXF - PubMed Abstract: 
alphabeta T cell receptors (TCRs) are genetically restricted to corecognize peptide antigens bound to self-major histocompatibility complex (pMHC) molecules; however, the basis for this MHC specificity remains unclear. Despite the current dogma, evaluation of the TCR-pMHC-I structural database shows that the nongermline-encoded complementarity-determining region (CDR)-3 loops often contact the MHC-I, and the germline-encoded CDR1 and -2 loops frequently participate in peptide-mediated interactions ...