2oje
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Mycoplasma arthritidis-derived mitogen complexed with class II MHC molecule HLA-DR1/HA complex in the presence of EDTA
OverviewOverview
Dimerization of class II major histocompatibility complex (MHC) plays an, important role in the MHC biological function. Mycoplasma, arthritidis-derived mitogen (MAM) is a superantigen that can activate, large fractions of T cells bearing specific T cell receptor Vbeta, elements. Here we have used structural, sedimentation, and surface plasmon, resonance detection approaches to investigate the molecular interactions, between MAM and the class II MHC molecule HLA-DR1 in the context of a, hemagglutinin peptide-(306-318) (HA). Our results revealed that zinc ion, can efficiently induce the dimerization of the HLA-DR1/HA complex. Because, the crystal structure of the MAM/HLA-DR1/hemagglutinin complex in the, presence of EDTA is nearly identical to the structure of the complex, crystallized in the presence of zinc ion, Zn(2+) is evidently not directly, involved in the binding between MAM and HLA-DR1. Sedimentation and surface, plasmon resonance studies further revealed that MAM binds the HLA-DR1/HA, complex with high affinity in a 1:1 stoichiometry, in the absence of, Zn(2+). However, in the presence of Zn(2+), a dimerized MAM/HLA-DR1/HA, complex can arise through the Zn(2+)-induced DR1 dimer. In the presence of, Zn(2+), cooperative binding of MAM to the DR1 dimer was also observed.
About this StructureAbout this Structure
2OJE is a Protein complex structure of sequences from Homo sapiens and Mycoplasma arthritidis with PO4 as ligand. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
ReferenceReference
Zinc induces dimerization of the class II major histocompatibility complex molecule that leads to cooperative binding to a superantigen., Li H, Zhao Y, Guo Y, Li Z, Eisele L, Mourad W, J Biol Chem. 2007 Mar 2;282(9):5991-6000. Epub 2006 Dec 13. PMID:17166841
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