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Complex (mhc protein/antigen) PDB id
1aqd
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Protein chains
179 a.a. *
187 a.a. *
14 a.a. *
13 a.a. *
Waters ×152
* Residue conservation analysis
PDB id:
1aqd
Name: Complex (mhc protein/antigen)
Title: Hla-dr1 (dra, drb1 0101) human class ii histocompatibility protein (extracellular domain) complexed with endogenous peptide
Structure: Hla-dr1 class ii histocompatibility protein. Chain: a, d, g, j. Fragment: secreted extracellular domains. Synonym: dra, drb1 01010. Engineered: yes. Hla-dr1 class ii histocompatibility protein. Chain: b, e, h, k. Fragment: secreted extracellular domains. Synonym: dra, drb1 01010.
Source: Homo sapiens. Human. Organism_taxid: 9606. Organ: plasma. Tissue: lymphoid. Cellular_location: plasma membrane. Gene: dra 0101, Drb1 0101. Expressed in: spodoptera frugiperda. Expression_system_taxid: 7108.
Biol. unit: Hetero-Dimer (from PDB file)
Resolution:
2.45Å     R-factor:   0.216     R-free:   0.279
Authors: V.L.Murthy,L.J.Stern
Key ref:
V.L.Murthy and L.J.Stern (1997). The class II MHC protein HLA-DR1 in complex with an endogenous peptide: implications for the structural basis of the specificity of peptide binding. Structure, 5, 1385-1396. PubMed id: 9351812 DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(97)00288-8
Date:
28-Jul-97     Release date:   28-Jan-98    
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Protein chains
Pfam   ArchSchema ?
P01903  (DRA_HUMAN) -  HLA class II histocompatibility antigen, DR alpha chain
Seq:
Struc: 		254 a.a.
179 a.a.
Protein chains
Pfam   ArchSchema ?
P04229  (2B11_HUMAN) -  HLA class II histocompatibility antigen, DRB1-1 beta chain
Seq:
Struc: 		266 a.a.
187 a.a.
Protein chains
Pfam   ArchSchema ?
P01892  (1A02_HUMAN) -  HLA class I histocompatibility antigen, A-2 alpha chain
Seq:
Struc: 		365 a.a.
14 a.a.
Protein chain
Pfam   ArchSchema ?
P01892  (1A02_HUMAN) -  HLA class I histocompatibility antigen, A-2 alpha chain
Seq:
Struc: 		365 a.a.
13 a.a.
Key:    PfamA domain  Secondary structure  CATH domain

 Gene Ontology (GO) functional annotation 
  GO annot!
  Cellular component     membrane   2 terms 
  Biological process     immune response   2 terms 

 

 
DOI no: 10.1016/S0969-2126(97)00288-8 Structure 5:1385-1396 (1997)
PubMed id: 9351812  
 
 
The class II MHC protein HLA-DR1 in complex with an endogenous peptide: implications for the structural basis of the specificity of peptide binding.
V.L.Murthy, L.J.Stern.
 
  ABSTRACT  
 
BACKGROUND: Class II major histocompatibility complex (MHC) proteins are cell surface glycoproteins that bind peptides and present them to T cells as part of the mechanism for detecting and responding to foreign material in the body. The peptide-binding activity exhibits allele-specific preferences for particular sidechains at some positions, although the structural basis of these preferences is not understood in detail. We have determined the 2.45 A crystal structure of the human class II MHC protein HLA-DR1 in complex with the tight binding endogenous peptide A2 (103-117) in order to discover peptide-MHC interactions that are important in determining the binding motif and to investigate conformational constraints on the bound peptide. RESULTS: The bound peptide adopts a polyproline II-like conformation and places several sidechains within pockets in the binding site. Bound water molecules mediate MHC-peptide contacts at several sites. A tryptophan residue from the beta 2 'lower' domain of HLA-DR1 was found to project into a pocket underneath the peptide-binding domain and may be important in modulating interdomain interactions in MHC proteins. CONCLUSIONS: The peptide-binding motif of HLA-DR1 includes an aromatic residue at position +1, an arginine residue at position +2, and a small residue at position +6 (where the numbering refers to the normal MHC class II convention); these preferences can be understood in light of interactions observed in the peptide-MHC complex. Comparison of the structure with that of another MHC-peptide complex shows that completely different peptide sequences bind in essentially the same conformation and are accommodated with only minimal rearrangement of HLA-DR1 residues. Small conformational differences that are observed appear to be important in interactions with other proteins.
 
  Selected figure(s)  
 
Figure 2.
Figure 2. Structure of the HLA-DR1-A2 peptide binding site. (a) Top view of the peptide-binding site, with HLA-DR1 residues in contact with the peptide indicated with sidechain or mainchain atoms as appropriate. Atoms are colored by atom type, with oxygen in red, nitrogen in blue and carbon atoms in green for the peptide and yellow for HLA-DR1. The peptide residues are numbered, with Trp(+1) in the principal binding pocket; hydrogen bonds are shown in magenta. (b) Schematic diagram of peptide hydrogen-bonding interactions. The peptide sidechains are shown as R[n] except for arginine at position 2 which contacts the HLA-DR1 mainchain carbonyl b77 at a kink in the b-chain helical region. The sidechain of His(+8) is also positioned to form a hydrogen bond with HLA-DR1 (not shown). The peptide mainchain is shaded in green. The interactions are color-coded: HLA-DR1-peptide hydrogen bonds, yellow; hydrogen bonds to buried water molecules, pink; hydrogen bonds to exposed water molecules, blue; Arg(+2) guanidinium-HLA-DR1 b77 carbonyl hydrogen bond, red. (c) Top view of the peptide-binding site, with the molecular surface indicated by blue dots. A Ca trace for HLA-DR1 is shown together with a stick model for the A2 peptide and buried water molecules; bonds are colored by atom type and water molecules are shown as spheres. Not all water molecules are observed in each molecule in the asymmetric unit.
 
  The above figure is reprinted by permission from Cell Press: Structure (1997, 5, 1385-1396) copyright 1997.  
  Figure was selected by the author.  

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PDB codes: 1iao 2iad
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