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Beta 57-Asp plays an essential role in the unique SDS stability of HLA-DQA1*0102/DQB1*0602 alpha beta protein dimer, the class II MHC allele associated with protection from insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 15 Sept 2000
Ettinger R A, Liu A W, Nepom G T, Kwok W W
Abstract excerpt
Studies of the stability of HLA-DQ have revealed a correlation between SDS stability of MHC class II alphabeta dimers and insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) susceptibility. The MHC class II alphabeta dimer encoded by HLA-DQA1*0102/DQB1*0602 (DQ0602), which is a dominant protective allele in IDDM, exhibits the greatest SDS stability among HLA-DQ molecules in EBV-transformed B-lymphoblastoid cells and PBLs....
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