3WS6

Crystal Structure of H-2D in complex with a mimotopic peptide

Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 1.98 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.224 
  • R-Value Work: 0.169 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.172 

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Literature

Compensatory mechanisms allow undersized anchor-deficient class I MHC ligands to mediate pathogenic autoreactive T cell responses

Lamont, D., Mukherjee, G., Kumar, P.R., Samanta, D., McPhee, C.G., Kay, T.W.H., Almo, S.C., DiLorenzo, T.P., Serreze, D.V.

(2014) J Immunol 193: 2135-2146

  • DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1400997
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    3WS3, 3WS6

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    • Self-reactive T cells must escape thymic negative selection to mediate pathogenic autoimmunity. In the NOD mouse model of autoimmune diabetes, several β cell-cytotoxic CD8 T cell populations are known, with the most aggressive of these represented by ...

    Self-reactive T cells must escape thymic negative selection to mediate pathogenic autoimmunity. In the NOD mouse model of autoimmune diabetes, several β cell-cytotoxic CD8 T cell populations are known, with the most aggressive of these represented by AI4, a T cell clone with promiscuous Ag-recognition characteristics. We identified a long-elusive β cell-specific ligand for AI4 as an unusually short H-2D(b)-binding 7-mer peptide lacking a C-terminal anchor residue and derived from the insulin A chain (InsA14-20). Crystallography reveals that compensatory mechanisms permit peptides lacking a C-terminal anchor to bind sufficiently to the MHC to enable destructive T cell responses, yet allow cognate T cells to avoid negative selection. InsA14-20 shares two solvent-exposed residues with previously identified AI4 ligands, providing a structural explanation for AI4's promiscuity. Detection of AI4-like T cells, using mimotopes of InsA14-20 with improved H-2D(b)-binding characteristics, establishes the AI4-like T cell population as a consistent feature of the islet infiltrates of NOD mice. Our work establishes undersized peptides as previously unrecognized targets of autoreactive CD8 T cells and presents a strategy for their further exploration as Ags in autoimmune disease.

    Organizational Affiliation: 

    The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME 04609; teresa.dilorenzo@einstein.yu.edu dave.serreze@jax.org.



Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChainsSequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
H-2 class I histocompatibility antigen, D-B alpha chainA, B275Mus musculusMutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: H-2Db, H2-D1
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Entity ID: 2
MoleculeChainsSequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Beta-2-microglobulinC, D100Mus musculusMutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: B2m
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IMPC  MGI:88127
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Entity ID: 3
MoleculeChainsSequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Mimotope 9-mer peptideE, F9N/AMutation(s): 0 
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Small Molecules
Ligands 4 Unique
IDChainsName / Formula / InChI Key2D Diagram3D Interactions
SO4
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C, D
SULFATE ION
O4 S
QAOWNCQODCNURD-UHFFFAOYSA-L		 Ligand Interaction
GOL
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A, B
GLYCEROL
C3 H8 O3
PEDCQBHIVMGVHV-UHFFFAOYSA-N		 Ligand Interaction
IMD
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A, B, C, D
IMIDAZOLE
C3 H5 N2
RAXXELZNTBOGNW-UHFFFAOYSA-O		 Ligand Interaction
ZN
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A, B, C, D
ZINC ION
Zn
PTFCDOFLOPIGGS-UHFFFAOYSA-N		 Ligand Interaction
Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 1.98 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.224 
  • R-Value Work: 0.169 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.172 
  • Space Group: P 21 21 2
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 162.723α = 90
b = 69.265β = 90
c = 73.753γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
SCALEPACKdata scaling
PHENIXrefinement
PDB_EXTRACTdata extraction
HKL-3000data reduction
PHASERphasing

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Entry History 

Deposition Data

Revision History 

  • Version 1.0: 2014-03-26
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2018-01-24
    Changes: Structure summary
  • Version 1.2: 2018-02-07
    Changes: Database references, Structure summary