Structural principles that govern the peptide-binding motifs of class I MHC molecules.

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The peptides that bind class I MHC molecules are restricted in length and often contain key amino acids, anchor residues, at particular positions. The side-chains of peptide anchor residues interact with the polymorphic complementary pockets in MHC peptide-binding grooves and provide the molecular basis for allele-specific recognition of antigenic peptides. We establish correlations between class I MHC...

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