title: A comprehensive analysis of peptides presented by HLA-A1.
abstract: Human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-A1 is one of the most common Caucasian HLA-A alleles. Here, we describe the comprehensive analysis of the HLA-A*01:01 ligand repertoire with the identification of 4735 naturally processed and presented peptides derived from 2477 source proteins. We found HLA-A*01:01 bound an equivalent number of ligands of 9 or 10 amino acids in length as well as being remarkably tolerant of even longer peptides. Indeed close to half of the HLA-A1 bound peptides identified ranged between 11 and 13 amino acids in length. These longer peptides contained the strong canonical motif of and acidic E/D residue at position 3 (P3) and Y at the C-terminus (CΩ), a motif that was still apparent in peptides of up to 18 amino acids in length. The identification of this large database of natural ligands will facilitate the refinement of predictive algorithms particularly with respect to longer peptide ligands.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia; The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Giam
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ayala-Perez
authors.forename: P T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Illing
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Schittenhelm
authors.forename: N P
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Croft
authors.forename: A W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Purcell
authors.forename: N L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Dudek
mesh_terms: D020816:Amino Acid Motifs; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D017951:Antigen Presentation; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D002461:Cell Line, Transformed; D015788:HLA-A1 Antigen / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D008024:Ligands; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000276:immunology; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: C506470:HLA-A*01:01 antigen; D015788:HLA-A1 Antigen; D008024:Ligands; D010455:Peptides; D011994:Recombinant Proteins
keywords: antigen presentation; human leukocyte antigen-A1; immunopeptidome; mass spectrometry; peptides