title: Residues in TAP2 peptide transporters controlling substrate specificity.
abstract: The transporter associated with Ag processing (TAP) translocates peptides from the cytosol into the endoplasmic reticulum where they associate with MHC class I molecules. Two specificity patterns with regard to the C-terminal residue of transported peptides have been previously shown. While the u allele of rat TAP and the mouse TAP preferentially transport peptides with hydrophobic C-terminal residues, no such selection was reported for the a allele of rat TAP or for the human TAP. We were able to map two short stretches in rat TAP2, with two polymorphic residues each, that essentially control the differential peptide transport observed for the rat alleles by constructing several hybrids between rat TAP2a and TAP2u and co-expressing them with rat TAP1 in TAP-deficient T2 cells. The critical residues are located in putative cytoplasmic loops close to the membrane.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Immunology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Momburg
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Armandola
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Post
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Hammerling
mesh_terms: D000071181:ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 2; D000071450:ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 3; D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001692:Biological Transport / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic / Q000276:immunology; D051381:Rats; D011917:Rats, Inbred Lew; D013379:Substrate Specificity / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000071181:ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 2; D000071450:ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 3; D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters; D000596:Amino Acids; D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I; D010446:Peptide Fragments; C073119:TAP1 protein, human; C486171:Tap1 protein, mouse; C486172:Tap1 protein, rat; C489516:Tap2 protein, mouse; C489514:Tap2 protein, rat; C071692:TAP2 protein, human