MHC-I peptides get out of the groove and enable a novel mechanism of HIV-1 escape.
Pymm, P., Illing, P.T., Ramarathinam, S.H., O'Connor, G.M., Hughes, V.A., Hitchen, C., Price, D.A., Ho, B.K., McVicar, D.W., Brooks, A.G., Purcell, A.W., Rossjohn, J., Vivian, J.P.(2017) Nat. Struct. Mol. Biol. 24: 387-394
- PubMed: 28218747 
- DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.3381
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- PubMed Abstract: 
Major histocompatibility complex class I (MHC-I) molecules play a crucial role in immunity by capturing peptides for presentation to T cells and natural killer (NK) cells. The peptide termini are tethered within the MHC-I antigen-binding groove, but ...