HOW MHC CLASS-II MOLECULES WORK - PEPTIDE-DEPENDENT COMPLETION OF PROTEIN FOLDING

被引:71
作者
SADEGHNASSERI, S
GERMAIN, RN
机构
[1] Lymphocyte Biology Section, Laboratory of Immunology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda
来源
IMMUNOLOGY TODAY | 1992年 / 13卷 / 02期
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10.1016/0167-5699(92)90131-P
中图分类号
R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
学科分类号
100102 ;
摘要
It is now clear that peptides play a key role in stabilizing the structure of MHC class II molecules. Here, Scheherazade Sadegh-Nasseri and Ron Germain propose that newly synthesized MHC class II, and indeed class I, molecules behave like partially folded proteins, with peptides acting as a surrogate portion of the MHC polypeptide structure that is necessary for completion of conformational maturation.
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