title: [Invariable chain (Ii-chain) as a highly important molecular chaperone of histocompatibility class II molecules].
abstract: The publications on the structural and functional features of the main molecular shaperon of li-chain were updated. In the 1990s the determination of molecular shaperon as a group of mutually unrelated protein molecules taking part in the assembly of other polypeptides was worked out. In humans the main isoform of li-chain is the protein with a mol. wt. of 31-33 kD. A great variety of functions of this shaperon is linked with definite amino acid sequences. In particular, the molecular shaperon of the molecules of the main histocompatibility complex-II has functions connected with the presentation of antigen and the differentiation of B lymphocytes.
authors.affiliation: Mechnikov Research Institute for Vaccines and Sera, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Del'vig
authors.forename: B F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Semenov
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D017951:Antigen Presentation; D000944:Antigens, Differentiation, B-Lymphocyte / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology*; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000737:chemistry; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000737:chemistry; D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D018832:Molecular Chaperones / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D020033:Protein Isoforms / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000944:Antigens, Differentiation, B-Lymphocyte; D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II; D018832:Molecular Chaperones; D020033:Protein Isoforms; C045084:invariant chain