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ArticleScientific reports2015

Assembly of the MHC I peptide-loading complex determined by a conserved ionic lock-switch.

Andreas Blees, Katrin Reichel, Simon Trowitzsch, Olivier Fisette, Christoph Bock, Rupert Abele, Gerhard Hummer, Lars V Schäfer, Robert Tampé

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Article in Scientific reports, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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  12. Atomistic structure and dynamics of the human MHC-I peptide-loading complex.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2020
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  15. Moving the Cellular Peptidome by Transporters.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2018
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  17. Crystal structure and mechanistic basis of a functional homolog of the antigen transporter TAP.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2017
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Andreas BleesInstitute of Biochemistry, Biocenter, Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Max-von-Laue-Str. 9, D-60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Katrin ReichelLehrstuhl für Theoretische Chemie, Ruhr-University Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany.
Simon TrowitzschInstitute of Biochemistry, Biocenter, Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Max-von-Laue-Str. 9, D-60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Olivier FisetteLehrstuhl für Theoretische Chemie, Ruhr-University Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany.
Christoph BockInstitute of Biochemistry, Biocenter, Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Max-von-Laue-Str. 9, D-60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Rupert AbeleInstitute of Biochemistry, Biocenter, Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Max-von-Laue-Str. 9, D-60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Gerhard HummerMax Planck Institute of Biophysics, Max-von-Laue-Str. 3, D-60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Lars V SchäferLehrstuhl für Theoretische Chemie, Ruhr-University Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany.
Robert TampéInstitute of Biochemistry, Biocenter, Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Max-von-Laue-Str. 9, D-60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Goethe University Frankfurt · DEMax Planck Institute of Biophysics · DERuhr University Bochum · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Salt bridges in lipid bilayers play a decisive role in the dynamic assembly and downstream signaling of the natural killer and T-cell receptors. Here, we describe the identification of an inter-subunit salt bridge in the membrane within yet another key component of the immune system, the peptide-loading complex (PLC). The PLC regulates cell surface presentation of self-antigens and antigenic peptides via molecules of the major histocompatibility complex class I. We demonstrate that a single salt bridge in the membrane between the transporter associated with antigen processing TAP and the MHC I-specific chaperone tapasin is essential for the assembly of the PLC and for efficient MHC I antigen presentation. Molecular modeling and all-atom molecular dynamics simulations suggest an ionic lock-switch mechanism for the binding of TAP to tapasin, in which an unfavorable uncompensated charge in the ER-membrane is prevented through complex formation. Our findings not only deepen the understanding of the interaction network within the PLC, but also provide evidence for a general interaction principle of dynamic multiprotein membrane complexes in immunity.

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Amino Acid SequenceAntigen PresentationCell MembraneGene ExpressionHeLa CellsHistocompatibility Antigens Class IHumansKineticsMembrane Transport ProteinsMolecular Dynamics SimulationMolecular Sequence DataMultiprotein ComplexesPeptidesPlasmidsProtein BindingProtein Structure, SecondaryHistocompatibility Antigens Class IMembrane Transport ProteinsMultiprotein ComplexesPeptidesRecombinant Proteinstapasin

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PMID26611325
PMCPMC4661472
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