Disparate degrees of hypervariable loop flexibility control T-cell receptor cross-reactivity, specificity, and binding mechanism.
Scott, D.R., Borbulevych, O.Y., Piepenbrink, K.H., Corcelli, S.A., Baker, B.M.(2011) J Mol Biol 414: 385-400
- PubMed: 22019736 
- DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2011.10.006
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
3QFJ, 3QH3 - PubMed Abstract: 
αβ T-cell receptors (TCRs) recognize multiple antigenic peptides bound and presented by major histocompatibility complex molecules. TCR cross-reactivity has been attributed in part to the flexibility of TCR complementarity-determining region (CDR) loops, yet there have been limited direct studies of loop dynamics to determine the extent of its role ...