TAP mediates import of Mycobacterium tuberculosis-derived peptides into phagosomes and facilitates loading onto HLA-I.

Processing and presentation of antigen on MHC-I class I molecules serves to present peptides derived from cytosolic proteins to CD8(+) T cells. Infection with bacteria that remain in phagosomal compartments, such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), provides a challenge to this immune recognition as...

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Main Authors: Melanie J Harriff, Sven Burgdorf, Christian Kurts, Emmanuel J H J Wiertz, Deborah A Lewinsohn, David M Lewinsohn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3823705?pdf=render