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Figure 2.
Figure 2. The Orientations of TCR Docked on Class I MHC Are Not Conserved to DiagonalThe orientation of AHIII 12.2 docking is most orthogonal when compared to other TCR/pMHC structures and Vα positions fall into two distinct groups. Class I MHC from TCR/pMHC cocrystal structures were superimposed onto p1049/A2 bound to AHIII 12.2. Molecular surfaces of the Vα and Vβ domains from those TCR are shown in addition to the variable domains of AHIII 12.2 (green) in order to compare the orientations of the TCR on the MHC. (A) 2C (red), (B) KB5-C20 (light blue), (C) A6 (dark blue), (D) B7 (gold), (E) BM3.3 (cyan), and (F) LC13 (magenta). (G) JM22 (yellow). (H) The positions of the center of mass of each TCR Vα and Vβ domain are given pseudo-atoms and the positions connected by a line to demonstrate the orientation that each TCR docks onto the MHC. The different TCR are colored as in (A)–(G). The p1049/A2 complex is shown as a molecular surface representation with the peptide colored yellow. (I) The orientation of Vα/Vβ pairs of TCR docking on class II MHC compared to AHIII 12.2. HA1.7 is shown in dark blue and D10 in light blue. AHIII 12.2 is shown in green. (A)–(I) were constructed with Grasp (Nicholls et al., 1991).