Non-classical MHC Class I molecule CD1d with Natural Killer Alpha/Beta T cell receptor at 3.00Å resolution
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Complex type
TRAV11
TRBV13
Species
Locus / Allele group
Enhanced TCR Footprint by a Novel Glycolipid Increases NKT-Dependent Tumor Protection.
NKT cells, a unique type of regulatory T cells, respond to structurally diverse glycolipids presented by CD1d. Although it was previously thought that recognition of glycolipids such as α-galactosylceramide (α-GalCer) by the NKT cell TCR (NKTCR) obeys a key-lock principle, it is now clear this interaction is much more flexible. In this article, we report the structure-function analysis of a series of novel 6''-OH analogs of α-GalCer with more potent antitumor characteristics. Surprisingly, one of the novel carbamate analogs, α-GalCer-6''-(pyridin-4-yl)carbamate, formed novel interactions with the NKTCR. This interaction was associated with an extremely high level of Th1 polarization and superior antitumor responses. These data highlight the in vivo relevance of adding aromatic moieties to the 6''-OH position of the sugar and additionally show that judiciously chosen linkers are a promising strategy to generate strong Th1-polarizing glycolipids through increased binding either to CD1d or to NKTCR.
Structure deposition and release
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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 ADETWYLQATLDVEAGEEAGLACRVKHSSLGGQDIILYWHHHHHH |
3. T cell receptor alpha
T cell receptor alpha
TRAV11
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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
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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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- 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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