3QUZ

Non-classical MHC Class I molecule CD1d with Natural Killer Alpha/Beta T cell receptor at 2.30Å resolution

Data provenance

Structure downloaded from PDB Europe using the Coordinate Server. Aligned to residues 1-180 of 1HHK2 using the CEALIGN3 function of PyMol4. Chain assigment using a Levenshtein distance5 method using data from the PDBe REST API6. Organism data from PDBe REST API. Data for both of these operations from the Molecules endpoint. Structure visualised with 3DMol7.

Complex type

Cd1d with nkt alpha beta tcr

1. Beta 2 microglobulin

['B']

2. CD1d

['A']

3. T cell receptor alpha
TRAV11

['C']

4. T cell receptor beta
TRBV13

['D']

Information on this structure on STCRdab.

Species

Mus musculus (Mouse)

Locus / Allele group

Non-classical MHC Class I molecule

Publication

Galactose-modified iNKT cell agonists stabilized by an induced fit of CD1d prevent tumour metastasis.

Aspeslagh S, Li Y, Yu ED, Pauwels N, Trappeniers M, Girardi E, Decruy T, Van Beneden K, Venken K, Drennan M, Leybaert L, Wang J, Franck RW, Van Calenbergh S, Zajonc DM, Elewaut D

EMBO J. (2011) 30, 2294-305 [doi:10.1038/emboj.2011.145] [pubmed:21552205]

Invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells are known to have marked immunomodulatory capacity due to their ability to produce copious amounts of effector cytokines. Here, we report the structure and function of a novel class of aromatic α-galactosylceramide structurally related glycolipids with marked Th1 bias in both mice and men, leading to superior tumour protection in vivo. The strength of the Th1 response correlates well with enhanced lipid binding to CD1d as a result of an induced fit mechanism that binds the aromatic substitution as a third anchor, in addition to the two lipid chains. This induced fit is in contrast to another Th1-biasing glycolipid, α-C-GalCer, whose CD1d binding follows a conventional key-lock principle. These findings highlight the previously unexploited flexibility of CD1d in accommodating galactose-modified glycolipids and broaden the range of glycolipids that can stimulate iNKT cells. We speculate that glycolipids can be designed that induce a similar fit, thereby leading to superior and more sustained iNKT cell responses in vivo.

Structure deposition and release

Deposited: 2011-02-24

Released: 2011-06-29

Revised: 2020-07-29

Data provenance

Publication data retrieved from PDBe REST API8 and PMCe REST API9

Other structures from this publication

Chain sequences

1. Beta 2 microglobulin Beta 2 microglobulin	10 20 30 40 50 60 IQKTPQIQVYSRHPPENGKPNILNCYVTQFHPPHIEIQMLKNGKKIPKVEMSDMSFSKDW 70 80 90 SFYILAHTEFTPTETDTYACRVKHASMAEPKTVYWDRDM

2. CD1d CD1d	10 20 30 40 50 60 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 ADETWYLQATLDVEAGEEAGLACRVKHSSLGGQDIILYWHHHHHH

3. T cell receptor alpha T cell receptor alpha TRAV11	10 20 30 40 50 60 MKTQVEQSPQSLVVRQGENCVLQCNYSVTPDNHLRWFKQDTGKGLVSLTVLVDQKDKTSN 70 80 90 100 110 120 GRYSATLDKDAKHSTLHITATLLDDTATYICVVGDRGSALGRLHFGAGTQLIVIPDIQNP 130 140 150 160 170 180 DPAVYQLRDSKSSDKSVCLFTDFDSQTNVSQSKDSDVYITDKCVLDMRSMDFKSNSAVAW 190 200 SNKSDFACANAFNNSIIPEDTFFPSPESS

4. T cell receptor beta T cell receptor beta TRBV13	10 20 30 40 50 60 MEAAVTQSPRNKVAVTGGKVTLSCNQTNNHNNMYWYRQDTGHGLRLIHYSYGAGSTEKGD 70 80 90 100 110 120 IPDGYKASRPSQENFSLILELATPSQTSVYFCASGDEGYTQYFGPGTRLLVLEDLRNVTP 130 140 150 160 170 180 PKVSLFEPSKAEISHTQKATLVCLATGFYPDHVELSWWVNGKEVHSGVCTDPQPLKEQPA 190 200 210 220 230 240 LNDSRYSLSSRLRVSATFWQNPRNHFRCQVQFYGLSENDEWTQDRAKPVTQIVSAEAWGR A

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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Complete structures

Aligned structures [cif]

3QUZ assembly 1

Components

MHC Class I alpha chain [cif]

3QUZ assembly 1

MHC Class I antigen binding domain (alpha1/alpha2) [cif]

3QUZ assembly 1

Derived data

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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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