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A conservative mutation in a class I MHC molecule outside the peptide binding groove stimulates responses to self peptides.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 15 Oct 1993
Grandea A G, Bevan M J
Abstract excerpt
A transgenic mouse has been made that expresses a mutant MHC class I H-2Kb molecule with glutamic acid at position 65 (E65) in place of glutamine. The side chain at position 65, on the outward face of the alpha-helix of the alpha 1 domain of the class I molecule, interacts with the TCR, and not with the peptide binding groove. The transgenic mouse, on a DBA/2 background, mounts Kb,E65-restricted Ag-specific...
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