Faculty Opinions recommendation of Interface-disrupting amino acids establish specificity between T cell receptors and complexes of major histocompatibility complex and peptide.

Author(s):  
Jamie Rossjohn
1983 ◽  
Vol 76 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Marrack ◽  
C. Hannum ◽  
M. Harris ◽  
K. Haskins ◽  
R. Kubo ◽  
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eLife ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philippa Marrack ◽  
Sai Harsha Krovi ◽  
Daniel Silberman ◽  
Janice White ◽  
Eleanor Kushnir ◽  
...  

Mature T cells bearing αβ T cell receptors react with foreign antigens bound to alleles of major histocompatibility complex proteins (MHC) that they were exposed to during their development in the thymus, a phenomenon known as positive selection. The structural basis for positive selection has long been debated. Here, using mice expressing one of two different T cell receptor β chains and various MHC alleles, we show that positive selection-induced MHC bias of T cell receptors is affected both by the germline encoded elements of the T cell receptor α and β chain and, surprisingly, dramatically affected by the non germ line encoded portions of CDR3 of the T cell receptor α chain. Thus, in addition to determining specificity for antigen, the non germline encoded elements of T cell receptors may help the proteins cope with the extremely polymorphic nature of major histocompatibility complex products within the species.


Immunity ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anastasia N. Tikhonova ◽  
François Van Laethem ◽  
Ken-ichi Hanada ◽  
Jinghua Lu ◽  
Leonid A. Pobezinsky ◽  
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