title: Sequence analysis of peptides bound to MHC class II molecules.
abstract: CD4 T cells recognize peptide fragments of foreign proteins bound to self class II molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC). Naturally processed peptide fragments bound to MHC class II molecules are peptides of 13-17 amino acids which appear to be precessively truncated from the carboxy terminus, perhaps after binding to the MHC class II molecule. The finding of predominant self peptides has interesting implications for antigen processing and self-non-self discrimination.
authors.affiliation: Section of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Rudensky
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Preston-Hurlburt
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Barlow
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Janeway
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II / Q000378:metabolism*; D009052:Leukemia Virus, Murine / Q000737:chemistry; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D015682:Retroviridae Proteins, Oncogenic / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II; C024138:I-E-antigen; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D015682:Retroviridae Proteins, Oncogenic; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins