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Entry Detail
PDB ID:
1NAM
Keywords:
Title:
MURINE ALLOREACTIVE SCFV TCR-PEPTIDE-MHC CLASS I MOLECULE COMPLEX
Biological Source:
Source Organism:
Host Organism:
PDB Version:
Deposition Date:
2002-11-28
Release Date:
2003-03-11
Method Details:
Experimental Method:
Resolution:
2.70 Å
R-Value Free:
0.29
R-Value Work:
0.23
R-Value Observed:
0.23
Space Group:
P 43 21 2
Macromolecular Entities
Polymer Type:polypeptide(L)
Description:BM3.3 T Cell Receptor alpha-Chain
Chain IDs:A
Chain Length:116
Number of Molecules:1
Biological Source:Mus musculus
Polymer Type:polypeptide(L)
Description:BM3.3 T Cell Receptor beta-Chain
Chain IDs:B
Chain Length:113
Number of Molecules:1
Biological Source:Mus musculus
Polymer Type:polypeptide(L)
Description:H-2 class I histocompatibility antigen, K-B alpha chain precursor
Chain IDs:C (auth: H)
Chain Length:275
Number of Molecules:1
Biological Source:Mus musculus
Polymer Type:polypeptide(L)
Description:Beta-2-microglobulin
Chain IDs:E (auth: L)
Chain Length:100
Number of Molecules:1
Biological Source:Mus musculus
Polymer Type:polypeptide(L)
Description:Nucleocapsid
Chain IDs:D (auth: P)
Chain Length:8
Number of Molecules:1
Biological Source:
Modified Residue
Compound ID Chain ID Parent Comp ID Details 2D Image
ASN A ASN GLYCOSYLATION SITE
Primary Citation

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T cell receptor (TCR) binding degeneracy lies at the heart of several physiological and pathological phenomena, yet its structural basis is poorly understood. We determined the crystal structure of a complex involving the BM3.3 TCR and an octapeptide (VSV8) bound to the H-2K(b) major histocompatibility complex molecule at a 2.7 A resolution, and compared it with the BM3.3 TCR bound to the H-2K(b) molecule loaded with a peptide that has no primary sequence identity with VSV8. Comparison of these structures showed that the BM3.3 TCR complementarity-determining region (CDR) 3alpha could undergo rearrangements to adapt to structurally different peptide residues. Therefore, CDR3 loop flexibility helps explain TCR binding cross-reactivity.

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