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Stability and Structure of Bat Major Histocompatibility Complex Class I with Heterologous β2-Microglobulin
Published on: March 10, 2021
Molecular analyses of five new chimpanzee MHC class I alleles: implications for differences between evolutional
M Matsui1, S Machida, S M Feinstone
1Department of Microbiology, Saitama Medical School, Moroyama-Cho, Iruma-Gun, Saitama, 350-0495, Japan.
Abstract:
In order to study the origin of the polymorphism of MHC class I molecules, we have cloned and sequenced five new Patr-A, -B, and -C loci alleles from two chimpanzees. Previous studies of sequence comparison between Patr and HLA class I alleles revealed that many of the sequence motifs were shared and the origin of class I molecules predated the divergence of chimpanzees and humans. These findings are confirmed by our current study. Additionally, our data suggest significant differences between mechanisms of evolution of the A, B, and C loci: (1) The B locus is characterized by frequent nucleotide substitutions, whereas the A and C loci are relatively more conserved; (2) However, unlike the A locus, the alpha2 domains of the C locus sequenced appear to produce MHC polymorphism between these species. These differences might imply the distinctive contributions of each locus during the evolutionary history.
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