A Peptide from Heat Shock Protein 60 Is the Dominant Peptide Bound To Qa-1 in the Absence of the MHC Class Ia Leader Sequence Peptide Qdm

Autor: Suzanne R. Kalb, Bitao Liang, Carla J. Aldrich, Mark J. Soloski, François A. Lemonnier, Adrian Davies, Hong Jiang, Robert J. Cotter
Rok vydání: 2003
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Zdroj: The Journal of Immunology. 170:5027-5033
ISSN: 1550-6606
0022-1767
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.170.10.5027
Popis: The MHC class Ib molecule Qa-1 binds specifically and predominantly to a single 9-aa peptide (AMAPRTLLL) derived from the leader sequence of many MHC class Ia proteins. This peptide is referred to as Qdm. In this study, we report the isolation and sequencing of a heat shock protein 60-derived peptide (GMKFDRGYI) from Qa-1. This peptide is the dominant peptide bound to Qa-1 in the absence of Qdm. A Qa-1-restricted CTL clone recognizes this heat shock protein 60 peptide, further verifying that it binds to Qa-1 and a peptide from the homologous Salmonella typhimurium protein GroEL (GMQFDRGYL). These observations have implications for how Qa-1 can influence NK cell and T cell effector function via the TCR and CD94/NKG2 family members, and how this effect can change under conditions that cause the peptides bound to Qa-1 to change.
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