Non-classical MHC Class I molecule CD1d with Natural Killer Alpha/Beta T cell receptor at 2.80Å resolution
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Complex type
TRAV11
TRBV29
Species
Locus / Allele group
Differential recognition of CD1d-alpha-galactosyl ceramide by the V beta 8.2 and V beta 7 semi-invariant NKT T cell receptors.
The semi-invariant natural killer T cell receptor (NKT TCR) recognizes CD1d-lipid antigens. Although the TCR alpha chain is typically invariant, the beta chain expression is more diverse, where three V beta chains are commonly expressed in mice. We report the structures of V alpha 14-V beta 8.2 and V alpha 14-V beta 7 NKT TCRs in complex with CD1d-alpha-galactosylceramide (alpha-GalCer) and the 2.5 A structure of the human NKT TCR-CD1d-alpha-GalCer complex. Both V beta 8.2 and V beta 7 NKT TCRs and the human NKT TCR ligated CD1d-alpha-GalCer in a similar manner, highlighting the evolutionarily conserved interaction. However, differences within the V beta domains of the V beta 8.2 and V beta 7 NKT TCR-CD1d complexes resulted in altered TCR beta-CD1d-mediated contacts and modulated recognition mediated by the invariant alpha chain. Mutagenesis studies revealed the differing contributions of V beta 8.2 and V beta 7 residues within the CDR2 beta loop in mediating contacts with CD1d. Collectively we provide a structural basis for the differential NKT TCR V beta usage in NKT cells.
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Publication data retrieved from PDBe REST API8 and PMCe REST API9
Other structures from this publication
1. Beta 2 microglobulin
Beta 2 microglobulin
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IQKTPQIQVYSRHPPENGKPNILNCYVTQFHPPHIEIQMLKNGKKIPKVEMSDMSFSKDW 70 80 90 SFYILAHTEFTPTETDTYACRVKHASMAEPKTVYWDRDM |
2. CD1d
CD1d
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SEAQQKNYTFRCLQMSSFANRSWSRTDSVVWLGDLQTHRWSNDSATISFTKPWSQGKLSN 70 80 90 100 110 120 QQWEKLQHMFQVYRVSFTRDIQELVKMMSPKEDYPIEIQLSAGCEMYPGNASESFLHVAF 130 140 150 160 170 180 QGKYVVRFWGTSWQTVPGAPSWLDLPIKVLNADQGTSATVQMLLNDTCPLFVRGLLEAGK 190 200 210 220 230 240 SDLEKQEKPVAWLSSVPSSAHGHRQLVCHVSGFYPKPVWVMWMRGDQEQQGTHRGDFLPN 250 260 270 280 290 300 ADETWYLQATLDVEAGEEAGLACRVKHSSLGGQDIILYWGSLHHILDAQKMVWNHRHHHH HH |
3. T cell receptor alpha
T cell receptor alpha
TRAV11
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TQVEQSPQSLVVRQGENSVLQCNYSVTPDNHLRWFKQDTGKGLVSLTVLVDQKDKTSNGR 70 80 90 100 110 120 YSATLDKDAKHSTLHITATLLDDTATYICVVGDRGSALGRLHFGAGTQLIVIPDIQNPDP 130 140 150 160 170 180 AVYQLRDSKSSDKSVCLFTDFDSQTNVSQSKDSDVYITDKCVLDMRSMDFKSNSAVAWSN 190 200 KSDFACANAFNNSIIPEDTFFPSPESS |
4. T cell receptor beta
T cell receptor beta
TRBV29
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DMKVTQMPRYLIKRMGENVLLECGQDMSHETMYWYRQDPGLGLQLIYISYDVDSNSEGDI 70 80 90 100 110 120 PKGYRVSRKKREHFSLILDSAKTNQTSVYFCASSSTGLDTQYFGPGTRLLVLEDLKNVFP 130 140 150 160 170 180 PEVAVFEPSEAEISHTQKATLVCLATGFYPDHVELSWWVNGKEVHSGVCTDPQPLKEQPA 190 200 210 220 230 240 LNDSRYALSSRLRVSATFWQNPRNHFRCQVQFYGLSENDEWTQDRAKPVTQIVSAEAWGR AD |
Data provenance
Sequences are retrieved via the Uniprot method of the RSCB REST API. Sequences are then compared to those derived from the PDB file and matched against sequences retrieved from the IPD-IMGT/HLA database for human sequences, or the IPD-MHC database for other species. Mouse sequences are matched against FASTA files from Uniprot. Sequences for the mature extracellular protein (signal petide and cytoplasmic tail removed) are compared to identical length sequences from the datasources mentioned before using either exact matching or Levenshtein distance based matching.
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Footnotes
- Protein Data Bank Europe - Coordinate Server
- 1HHK - HLA-A*02:01 binding LLFGYPVYV at 2.5Å resolution - PDB entry for 1HHK
- Protein structure alignment by incremental combinatorial extension (CE) of the optimal path. - PyMol CEALIGN Method - Publication
- PyMol - PyMol.org/pymol
- Levenshtein distance - Wikipedia entry
- Protein Data Bank Europe REST API - Molecules endpoint
- 3Dmol.js: molecular visualization with WebGL - 3DMol.js - Publication
- Protein Data Bank Europe REST API - Publication endpoint
- PubMed Central Europe REST API - Articles endpoint

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