A highly tilted binding mode by a self-reactive T cell receptor results in altered engagement of peptide and MHC.
Sethi, D.K., Schubert, D.A., Anders, A.K., Heroux, A., Bonsor, D.A., Thomas, C.P., Sundberg, E.J., Pyrdol, J., Wucherpfennig, K.W.(2011) J Exp Med 208: 91-102
- PubMed: 21199956 
- DOI: 10.1084/jem.20100725
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3PL6 - PubMed Abstract: 
Self-reactive T cells that escape elimination in the thymus can cause autoimmune pathology, and it is therefore important to understand the structural mechanisms of self-antigen recognition. We report the crystal structure of a T cell receptor (TCR) from a patient with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis that engages its self-peptide-major histocompatibility complex (pMHC) ligand in an unusual manner ...