title: The T cell antigen receptor beta chain interacts with the extracellular domain of CD3-gamma.
abstract: Selective pairwise interactions between a number of CD3 chains and the clonotypic T cell antigen receptor (TCR-alpha, -beta) chains have recently been reported. What still remains unanswered is the site of interaction between TCR-beta and CD3-gamma chains. To examine the region of interaction between TCR-beta and CD3-gamma chains, a variety of genetically altered TCR-beta and CD3-gamma chains were constructed using recombinant cDNA techniques. Non-T cells (COS-7) were transfected with cDNA constructs, metabolically labelled, and immunoprecipitates were analysed for assembly using non-equilibrium pH gel electrophoresis (NEPHGE)/SDS-PAGE. The results demonstrated that assembly between TCR-beta and CD3-gamma chains was localized to their extracellular domain. These findings, when coupled with the information on pairwise interactions and formation of higher order subcomplexes, extend our model of the structure of the TCR complex.
authors.affiliation: Rheumatology Department, Royal North Shore Hospital, St. Leonards, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Manolios
authors.forename: Z G
authors.initials: ZG
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000944:Antigens, Differentiation, B-Lymphocyte / Q000737:chemistry*; D017252:CD3 Complex / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II / Q000737:chemistry*; D007122:Immunoelectrophoresis; D017260:Receptor-CD3 Complex, Antigen, T-Cell / Q000737:chemistry*; D016693:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D000944:Antigens, Differentiation, B-Lymphocyte; D017252:CD3 Complex; D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II; D017260:Receptor-CD3 Complex, Antigen, T-Cell; D016693:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C045084:invariant chain