Diversity of T cell receptors specific for the VSV antigenic peptide (N52-59) bound by the H-2Kb class I molecule.
As an approach to determine the structural basis of interactions between T cell receptors (TCRs) and MHC class I/peptide complexes, the fine specificities of a panel of vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV)-specific CTL clones recognizing the antigenic peptide (nucleoprotein 52-59) and the class I (Kb) molecule were correlated with the TCR primary structure. Each TCR showed a distinct interaction pattern with N52-59 and the Kb molecule. The large majority of the TCRs expressed by the panel of CTL clones used V beta 13 gene segments that had randomly recombined with D beta and J beta gene segments. The alpha chains were from randomly assorted V alpha and J alpha gene segments. Thus, the panel was found to be a highly heterogeneous set of TCRs, each member of which appeared to have an unique surface interface area, the recognition site, that interacted with a complementary surface formed by the single peptide bound in the class I antigenic groove.
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Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461.
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van Bleek
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Nathenson
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D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000276:immunology*; D001483:Base Sequence; D002213:Capsid / Q000276:immunology; D002999:Clone Cells; D006183:H-2 Antigens / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D016693:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta / Q000276:immunology*; D013602:T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / Q000276:immunology*; D014721:Vesicular stomatitis Indiana virus / Q000276:immunology*; D014758:Viral Core Proteins / Q000276:immunology
D000956:Antigens, Viral; D006183:H-2 Antigens; C032876:H-2Kb protein, mouse; D016693:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta; D014758:Viral Core Proteins