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ArticlePLoS computational biology2019

MHC binding affects the dynamics of different T-cell receptors in different ways.

Bernhard Knapp, P Anton van der Merwe, Omer Dushek, Charlotte M Deane

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Article in PLoS computational biology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Bernhard KnappDepartment of Basic Sciences, International University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-5714-7105
P Anton van der MerweSir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Omer DushekSir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Charlotte M DeaneDepartment of Statistics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-1388-2252
University of Oxford · GBUniversitat Internacional de Catalunya · ES

Funding

Medical Research Council G19/31Medical Research Council G9722488Medical Research Council MR/J002011/1Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 101799Wellcome Trust 207537/Z/17/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

T cells use their T-cell receptors (TCRs) to scan other cells for antigenic peptides presented by MHC molecules (pMHC). If a TCR encounters a pMHC, it can trigger a signalling pathway that could lead to the activation of the T cell and the initiation of an immune response. It is currently not clear how the binding of pMHC to the TCR initiates signalling within the T cell. One hypothesis is that conformational changes in the TCR lead to further downstream signalling. Here we investigate four different TCRs in their free state as well as in their pMHC bound state using large scale molecular simulations totalling 26 000 ns. We find that the dynamical features within TCRs differ significantly between unbound TCR and TCR/pMHC simulations. However, apart from expected results such as reduced solvent accessibility and flexibility of the interface residues, these features are not conserved among different TCR types. The presence of a pMHC alone is not sufficient to cause cross-TCR-conserved dynamical features within a TCR. Our results argue against models of TCR triggering involving conserved allosteric conformational changes.

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Histocompatibility AntigensReceptors, Antigen, T-CellComputational BiologyHumansMolecular Dynamics SimulationProtein BindingProtein ConformationSignal TransductionHistocompatibility AntigensReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell

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PMID31498801
PMCPMC6752857
OpenAlexW2972434895

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