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ArticleScience (New York, N.Y.)2025

De novo design and structure of a peptide-centric TCR mimic binding module.

Karsten D Householder, Xinyu Xiang, Kevin M Jude, Arthur Deng, Matthias Obenaus, Yang Zhao, Steven C Wilson, Xiaojing Chen, Nan Wang, K Christopher Garcia

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Article in Science (New York, N.Y.), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed.

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  12. Protein foundation models: a comprehensive survey.Science China. Life sciences · 2026
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  17. Protein engineering: status report.Protein engineering, design & selection : PEDS · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Karsten D HouseholderDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0282-4479
Xinyu XiangDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8358-2960
Kevin M JudeDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3675-5136
Arthur DengDepartment of Computer Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Matthias ObenausDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5090-9162
Yang ZhaoDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6596-499X
Steven C WilsonDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7382-3388
Xiaojing ChenDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0009-0002-8599-1992
Nan WangDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6840-5336
K Christopher GarciaDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9273-0278

Funding

MOLECULAR &CELLULAR IMMUNOBIOLOGYT32AI007290 · NIAID · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI Sean Curtis Bendall, Olivia M Martinez · 1985 to 2026
$27.0M
Structural correlates of T cell receptor signalingR01AI103867 · NIAID · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI Kenan Christopher GARCIA · 2014 to 2026
$5.3M
MATCHMAKERS: SOLVING TCR RECOGNITION AND DESIGN VIA INTEGRATED HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING, STRUCTURAL, FUNCTIONAL, AND COMPUTATIONAL APPROACHESOT2CA297242 · NCI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI Kenan Christopher GARCIA · 2024 to 2026
$1.1M
Next generation platforms for interrogating TCR specificityR33CA302206 · NCI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI Kenan Christopher GARCIA · 2025 to 2026
$737k
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNCI NIH HHS OT2 CA297242NCI NIH HHS R33 CA302206NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI103867NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007290
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

T cell receptor (TCR) mimics offer a promising platform for tumor-specific targeting of peptide-major histocompatibility complex (pMHC) in cancer immunotherapy. In this study, we designed a de novo α-helical TCR mimic (TCRm) specific for the NY-ESO-1 peptide presented by human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-A*02, achieving high on-target specificity with nanomolar affinity (dissociation constant

Indexed as

Antigens, NeoplasmHLA-A2 AntigenMembrane ProteinsMolecular MimicryPeptidesReceptors, Antigen, T-CellHumansImmunotherapyMolecular Docking SimulationNeoplasmsProtein BindingProtein Conformation, alpha-HelicalProtein EngineeringAntigens, NeoplasmCTAG1B protein, humanHLA-A2 AntigenMembrane ProteinsPeptidesReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell

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PMID40705894
PMCPMC12313176

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