Crystal structure of the complex between CD8αα human and HLA-A2

The dimeric cell-surface glycoprotein CD8 is crucial to the positive selection of cytotoxic T cells in the thymus. The homodimer CD8αα or the heterodimer αβ stabilizes the interaction of the T-cell antigen receptor (TCR) with major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class l/peptide by binding to the c...

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Main Authors: Gao, G, Tormo, J, Gerth, U, Wyer, JR, Mcmichael, A, Stuart, D, Bell, J, Jones, E, Jakobsen, B
פורמט: Journal article
שפה:English
יצא לאור: 1997
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author Gao, G
Tormo, J
Gerth, U
Wyer, JR
Mcmichael, A
Stuart, D
Bell, J
Jones, E
Jakobsen, B
author_facet Gao, G
Tormo, J
Gerth, U
Wyer, JR
Mcmichael, A
Stuart, D
Bell, J
Jones, E
Jakobsen, B
author_sort Gao, G
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description The dimeric cell-surface glycoprotein CD8 is crucial to the positive selection of cytotoxic T cells in the thymus. The homodimer CD8αα or the heterodimer αβ stabilizes the interaction of the T-cell antigen receptor (TCR) with major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class l/peptide by binding to the class I molecule. Here we report the crystal structure at 2.7 Å resolution of a complex between CD8αα and the human MHC molecule HLA-A2, which is associated with peptide. CD8αα binds one HLA-A2/peptide molecule, interfacing with the α2 and α3 domains of HLA-A2 and also contacting β2- microglobulin. A flexible loop of the α3 domain (residues 223-229) is damped between the complementarity-determining region (CDR)-like loops of the two CD8 subunits in the classic manner of an antibody-antigen interaction, precluding the binding of a second MHC molecule. The position of the α3 domain is different from that in uncomplexed HLA-A2 (refs 3, 4), being most similar to that in the TCR/Tax/HLA-A2 complex, but no conformational change extends to the MHC/peptide surface presented for TCR recognition. Although these shifts in α3 may provide a synergistic modulation of affinity, the binding of CD8 to MHC is dearly consistent with an avidity-based contribution from CD8 to TCR-peptide-MHC interactions.
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spelling oxford-uuid:61b8baf0-5e88-4153-80be-be919d80965c2022-03-26T18:01:58ZCrystal structure of the complex between CD8αα human and HLA-A2Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:61b8baf0-5e88-4153-80be-be919d80965cEnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford1997Gao, GTormo, JGerth, UWyer, JRMcmichael, AStuart, DBell, JJones, EJakobsen, BThe dimeric cell-surface glycoprotein CD8 is crucial to the positive selection of cytotoxic T cells in the thymus. The homodimer CD8αα or the heterodimer αβ stabilizes the interaction of the T-cell antigen receptor (TCR) with major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class l/peptide by binding to the class I molecule. Here we report the crystal structure at 2.7 Å resolution of a complex between CD8αα and the human MHC molecule HLA-A2, which is associated with peptide. CD8αα binds one HLA-A2/peptide molecule, interfacing with the α2 and α3 domains of HLA-A2 and also contacting β2- microglobulin. A flexible loop of the α3 domain (residues 223-229) is damped between the complementarity-determining region (CDR)-like loops of the two CD8 subunits in the classic manner of an antibody-antigen interaction, precluding the binding of a second MHC molecule. The position of the α3 domain is different from that in uncomplexed HLA-A2 (refs 3, 4), being most similar to that in the TCR/Tax/HLA-A2 complex, but no conformational change extends to the MHC/peptide surface presented for TCR recognition. Although these shifts in α3 may provide a synergistic modulation of affinity, the binding of CD8 to MHC is dearly consistent with an avidity-based contribution from CD8 to TCR-peptide-MHC interactions.
spellingShingle Gao, G
Tormo, J
Gerth, U
Wyer, JR
Mcmichael, A
Stuart, D
Bell, J
Jones, E
Jakobsen, B
Crystal structure of the complex between CD8αα human and HLA-A2
title Crystal structure of the complex between CD8αα human and HLA-A2
title_full Crystal structure of the complex between CD8αα human and HLA-A2
title_fullStr Crystal structure of the complex between CD8αα human and HLA-A2
title_full_unstemmed Crystal structure of the complex between CD8αα human and HLA-A2
title_short Crystal structure of the complex between CD8αα human and HLA-A2
title_sort crystal structure of the complex between cd8αα human and hla a2
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