2FIK

Structure of a microbial glycosphingolipid bound to mouse CD1d


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 1.80 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.243 
  • R-Value Work: 0.208 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.209 

Starting Model: experimental
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Literature

Design of natural killer T cell activators: structure and function of a microbial glycosphingolipid bound to mouse CD1d.

Wu, D.Zajonc, D.M.Fujio, M.Sullivan, B.A.Kinjo, Y.Kronenberg, M.Wilson, I.A.Wong, C.H.

(2006) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 103: 3972-3977

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0600285103
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    2FIK

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    Natural killer T (NKT) cells provide an innate-type immune response upon T cell receptor interaction with CD1d-presented antigens. We demonstrate through equilibrium tetramer binding and antigen presentation assays with Valpha14i-positive NKT cell hybridomas that the Sphingomonas glycolipid alpha-galacturonosyl ceramide (GalA-GSL) is a NKT cell agonist that is significantly weaker than alpha-galactosylceramide (alpha-GalCer), the most potent known NKT agonist. For GalA-GSL, a shorter fatty acyl chain, an absence of the 4-OH on the sphingosine tail and a 6'-COOH group on the galactose moiety account for its observed antigenic potency. We further determined the crystal structure of mCD1d in complex with GalA-GSL at 1.8-A resolution. The overall binding mode of GalA-GSL to mCD1d is similar to that of the short-chain alpha-GalCer ligand PBS-25, but its sphinganine chain is more deeply inserted into the F' pocket due to alternate hydrogen-bonding interactions between the sphinganine 3-OH with Asp-80. Subsequently, a slight lateral shift (>1 A) of the galacturonosyl head group is noted at the CD1 surface compared with the galactose of alpha-GalCer. Because the relatively short C(14) fatty acid of GalA-GSL does not fully occupy the A' pocket, a spacer lipid is found that stabilizes this pocket. The lipid spacer was identified by GC/MS as a mixture of saturated and monounsaturated palmitic acid (C(16)). Comparison of available crystal structures of alpha-anomeric glycosphingolipids now sheds light on the structural basis of their differential antigenic potency and has led to the design and synthesis of NKT cell agonists with enhanced cell-based stimulatory activities compared with alpha-GalCer.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology and The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
T-cell surface glycoprotein CD1d1287Mus musculusMutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: Cd1d1Cd1.1
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Find proteins for P11609 (Mus musculus)
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Go to UniProtKB:  P11609
IMPC:  MGI:107674
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UniProt GroupP11609
Glycosylation
Glycosylation Sites: 3Go to GlyGen: P11609-1
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Entity ID: 2
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
B(2)-microglobulin99Mus musculusMutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: beta-2-microglobulin
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Find proteins for P01887 (Mus musculus)
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Go to UniProtKB:  P01887
IMPC:  MGI:88127
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Oligosaccharides

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Entity ID: 3
MoleculeChains Length2D Diagram Glycosylation3D Interactions
2-acetamido-2-deoxy-beta-D-glucopyranose-(1-4)-2-acetamido-2-deoxy-beta-D-glucopyranose
C
2N-Glycosylation
Glycosylation Resources
GlyTouCan:  G42666HT
GlyCosmos:  G42666HT
GlyGen:  G42666HT
Small Molecules
Ligands 3 Unique
IDChains Name / Formula / InChI Key2D Diagram3D Interactions
GSL
Query on GSL

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F [auth A](2S,3R)-3-HYDROXY-2-(TETRADECANOYLAMINO)OCTADECYL ALPHA-D-GALACTOPYRANOSIDURONIC ACID
C38 H73 N O9
IRPOZWRRAFKYMQ-LMIAXWKISA-N
PLM
Query on PLM

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G [auth A]PALMITIC ACID
C16 H32 O2
IPCSVZSSVZVIGE-UHFFFAOYSA-N
NAG
Query on NAG

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D [auth A],
E [auth A]
2-acetamido-2-deoxy-beta-D-glucopyranose
C8 H15 N O6
OVRNDRQMDRJTHS-FMDGEEDCSA-N
Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 1.80 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.243 
  • R-Value Work: 0.208 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.209 
  • Space Group: P 21 21 21
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 42.295α = 90
b = 107.661β = 90
c = 110.699γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
REFMACrefinement
MOSFLMdata reduction
CCP4data scaling
MOLREPphasing

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Entry History 

Deposition Data

Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2006-03-21
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2008-05-01
    Changes: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.2: 2011-07-13
    Changes: Non-polymer description, Version format compliance
  • Version 2.0: 2020-07-29
    Type: Remediation
    Reason: Carbohydrate remediation
    Changes: Advisory, Atomic model, Data collection, Database references, Derived calculations, Structure summary
  • Version 2.1: 2023-08-30
    Changes: Advisory, Data collection, Database references, Refinement description, Structure summary