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- Title
Assembly of the MHC I peptide-loading complex determined by a conserved ionic lock-switch.
- Authors
Blees, Andreas; Reichel, Katrin; Trowitzsch, Simon; Fisette, Olivier; Bock, Christoph; Abele, Rupert; Hummer, Gerhard; Schäfer, Lars V.; Tampé, Robert
- Abstract
Salt bridges in lipid bilayers play a decisive role in the dynamic assembly and downstream signaling of the natural killer and T-cell receptors. Here, we describe the identification of an inter-subunit salt bridge in the membrane within yet another key component of the immune system, the peptide-loading complex (PLC). The PLC regulates cell surface presentation of self-antigens and antigenic peptides via molecules of the major histocompatibility complex class I. We demonstrate that a single salt bridge in the membrane between the transporter associated with antigen processing TAP and the MHC I-specific chaperone tapasin is essential for the assembly of the PLC and for efficient MHC I antigen presentation. Molecular modeling and all-atom molecular dynamics simulations suggest an ionic lock-switch mechanism for the binding of TAP to tapasin, in which an unfavorable uncompensated charge in the ER-membrane is prevented through complex formation. Our findings not only deepen the understanding of the interaction network within the PLC, but also provide evidence for a general interaction principle of dynamic multiprotein membrane complexes in immunity.
- Subjects
MAJOR histocompatibility complex genetics; IMMUNOGENETICS; PEPTIDE receptors; PEPTIDE hormones; PEPTIDE drugs
- Publication
Scientific Reports, 2015, p17341
- ISSN
2045-2322
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/srep17341