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==The structure of human MAIT TCR in complex with MR1-K43A-RL-6-Me-7OH==
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== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[4lcw]] is a 8 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_sapiens Homo sapiens]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=4LCW OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=4LCW FirstGlance]. <br>
</td></tr><tr id='method'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Empirical_models|Method:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="methodDat">X-ray diffraction, [[Resolution|Resolution]] 2.4&#8491;</td></tr>
<tr id='ligand'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Ligand|Ligands:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="ligandDat"><scene name='pdbligand=1VY:1-DEOXY-1-(7-HYDROXY-6-METHYL-2,4-DIOXO-3,4-DIHYDROPTERIDIN-8(2H)-YL)-D-RIBITOL'>1VY</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=GOL:GLYCEROL'>GOL</scene></td></tr>
<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=4lcw FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=4lcw OCA], [https://pdbe.org/4lcw PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=4lcw RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/4lcw PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=4lcw ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Function ==
[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/HMR1_HUMAN HMR1_HUMAN] Has antigen presentation function. Involved in the development and expansion of a small population of T-cells expressing an invariant T-cell receptor alpha chain called mucosal-associated invariant T-cells (MAIT). MAIT cells are preferentially located in the gut lamina propria and therefore may be involved in monitoring commensal flora or serve as a distress signal. Expression and MAIT cell recognition seem to be ligand-dependent.<ref>PMID:12794138</ref> 
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
Mucosal-associated invariant T cells (MAIT cells) express a semi-invariant T cell receptor (TCR) alpha-chain, TRAV1-2-TRAJ33, and are activated by vitamin B metabolites bound by the major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-related class I-like molecule, MR1. Understanding MAIT cell biology has been restrained by the lack of reagents to specifically identify and characterize these cells. Furthermore, the use of surrogate markers may misrepresent the MAIT cell population. We show that modified human MR1 tetramers loaded with the potent MAIT cell ligand, reduced 6-hydroxymethyl-8-d-ribityllumazine (rRL-6-CH2OH), specifically detect all human MAIT cells. Tetramer(+) MAIT subsets were predominantly CD8(+) or CD4(-)CD8(-), although a small subset of CD4(+) MAIT cells was also detected. Notably, most human CD8(+) MAIT cells were CD8alpha(+)CD8beta(-/lo), implying predominant expression of CD8alphaalpha homodimers. Tetramer-sorted MAIT cells displayed a TH1 cytokine phenotype upon antigen-specific activation. Similarly, mouse MR1-rRL-6-CH2OH tetramers detected CD4(+), CD4(-)CD8(-) and CD8(+) MAIT cells in Valpha19 transgenic mice. Both human and mouse MAIT cells expressed a broad TCR-beta repertoire, and although the majority of human MAIT cells expressed TRAV1-2-TRAJ33, some expressed TRAJ12 or TRAJ20 genes in conjunction with TRAV1-2. Accordingly, MR1 tetramers allow precise phenotypic characterization of human and mouse MAIT cells and revealed unanticipated TCR heterogeneity in this population.

Antigen-loaded MR1 tetramers define T cell receptor heterogeneity in mucosal-associated invariant T cells.,Reantragoon R, Corbett AJ, Sakala IG, Gherardin NA, Furness JB, Chen Z, Eckle SB, Uldrich AP, Birkinshaw RW, Patel O, Kostenko L, Meehan B, Kedzierska K, Liu L, Fairlie DP, Hansen TH, Godfrey DI, Rossjohn J, McCluskey J, Kjer-Nielsen L J Exp Med. 2013 Oct 21;210(11):2305-20. doi: 10.1084/jem.20130958. Epub 2013 Oct , 7. PMID:24101382<ref>PMID:24101382</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
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==See Also==
*[[Beta-2 microglobulin 3D structures|Beta-2 microglobulin 3D structures]]
*[[T-cell receptor 3D structures|T-cell receptor 3D structures]]
== References ==
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[[Category: Homo sapiens]]
[[Category: Large Structures]]
[[Category: Patel O]]
[[Category: Rossjohn J]]