3WS3

Crystal Structure of H-2D in complex with an insulin derived peptide


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.33 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.294 
  • R-Value Work: 0.217 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.221 

Starting Model: experimental
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Literature

Compensatory mechanisms allow undersized anchor-deficient class I MHC ligands to mediate pathogenic autoreactive T cell responses

Lamont, D.Mukherjee, G.Kumar, P.R.Samanta, D.McPhee, C.G.Kay, T.W.H.Almo, S.C.DiLorenzo, T.P.Serreze, D.V.

(2014) J Immunol 193: 2135-2146

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.1400997
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    3WS3, 3WS6

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    Self-reactive T cells must escape thymic negative selection to mediate pathogenic autoimmunity. In the NOD mouse model of autoimmune diabetes, several β cell-cytotoxic CD8 T cell populations are known, with the most aggressive of these represented by AI4, a T cell clone with promiscuous Ag-recognition characteristics. We identified a long-elusive β cell-specific ligand for AI4 as an unusually short H-2D(b)-binding 7-mer peptide lacking a C-terminal anchor residue and derived from the insulin A chain (InsA14-20). Crystallography reveals that compensatory mechanisms permit peptides lacking a C-terminal anchor to bind sufficiently to the MHC to enable destructive T cell responses, yet allow cognate T cells to avoid negative selection. InsA14-20 shares two solvent-exposed residues with previously identified AI4 ligands, providing a structural explanation for AI4's promiscuity. Detection of AI4-like T cells, using mimotopes of InsA14-20 with improved H-2D(b)-binding characteristics, establishes the AI4-like T cell population as a consistent feature of the islet infiltrates of NOD mice. Our work establishes undersized peptides as previously unrecognized targets of autoreactive CD8 T cells and presents a strategy for their further exploration as Ags in autoimmune disease.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME 04609;


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
H-2 class I histocompatibility antigen, D-B alpha chain
A, C
273Mus musculusMutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: H-2DbH2-D1
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Entity ID: 2
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Beta-2-microglobulin
B, D
100Mus musculusMutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: B2m
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IMPC:  MGI:88127
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Entity ID: 3
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Insulin derived 9-mer peptide
E, F
9N/AMutation(s): 0 
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IMPC:  MGI:96572
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.33 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.294 
  • R-Value Work: 0.217 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.221 
  • Space Group: P 21 21 21
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 87.22α = 90
b = 101.13β = 90
c = 117.54γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
Aimlessdata scaling
PHASERphasing
PHENIXrefinement
PDB_EXTRACTdata extraction
CBASSdata collection
XDSdata reduction

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Entry History 

Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2014-03-26
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2018-01-24
    Changes: Structure summary
  • Version 1.2: 2018-02-07
    Changes: Database references, Structure summary
  • Version 1.3: 2023-11-08
    Changes: Data collection, Database references, Refinement description
  • Version 1.4: 2024-11-13
    Changes: Structure summary