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Stability and Structure of Bat Major Histocompatibility Complex Class I with Heterologous β2-Microglobulin
Published on: March 10, 2021
Expression, refolding and crystallization of murine MHC class I H-2Db in complex with human beta2-microglobulin
Tatyana Sandalova1, Jakob Michaëlsson, Robert A Harris
1Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Abstract:
Beta2-microglobulin (beta2m) is non-covalently linked to the major histocompatibility (MHC) class I heavy chain and interacts with CD8 and Ly49 receptors. Murine MHC class I can bind human beta2m (hbeta2m) and such hybrid molecules are often used in structural and functional studies. The replacement of mouse beta2m (mbeta2m) by hbeta2m has important functional consequences for MHC class I complex stability and specificity, but the structural basis for this is unknown. To investigate the impact of species-specific beta2m subunits on MHC class I conformation, murine MHC class I H-2Db in complex with hbeta2m and the peptide gp33 derived from lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) has been expressed, refolded in vitro and crystallized. Crystals containing two complexes per asymmetric unit and belonging to the space group P2(1), with unit-cell parameters a = 68.1, b = 65.2, c = 101.9 A, beta = 102.4 degrees, were obtained.
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