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MHC-I peptides get out of the groove and enable a novel mechanism of HIV-1 escape.
Nature structural & molecular biology - 1 Apr 2017
Pymm Phillip, Illing Patricia T, Ramarathinam Sri H, O'Connor Geraldine M, Hughes Victoria A, Hitchen Corinne, Price David A, Ho Bosco K, McVicar Daniel W, Brooks Andrew G, Purcell Anthony W, Rossjohn Jamie, Vivian Julian P
Abstract excerpt
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 it is unknown whether other presentation modes occur. Here we show that 20% of the HLA-B*57:01 peptide repertoire comprises N-terminally extended sets characterized...
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