Recent advances in antigen processing and presentation

PE Jensen - Nature immunology, 2007 - nature.com
Heterogeneous intracellular pathways and biochemical mechanisms are responsible for
generating the glycoprotein complexes of peptide and major histocompatibility complex that …

An evaluation of peptide‐bond isosteres

A Choudhary, RT Raines - ChemBioChem, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Peptide‐bond isosteres can enable a deep interrogation of the structure and function of a
peptide or protein by amplifying or attenuating particular chemical properties. In this …

Functional classification of class II human leukocyte antigen (HLA) molecules reveals seven different supertypes and a surprising degree of repertoire sharing across …

J Greenbaum, J Sidney, J Chung, C Brander, B Peters… - Immunogenetics, 2011 - Springer
Previous studies have attempted to define human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class II
supertypes, analogous to the case for class I, on the basis of shared peptide-binding motifs …

Effects of autochthonous strains mixture on gut microbiota and metabolic profile in cobia (Rachycentroncanadum)

E Amenyogbe, J Luo, W Fu, ED Abarike, Z Wang… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
The fish immune system is a topic or subject that offers a unique understanding of defensive
system evolution in vertebrate heredity. While gut microbiota plays several roles in fish: well …

Enantioselective, catalytic multicomponent synthesis of homoallylic amines enabled by hydrogen-bonding and dispersive interactions

E Ronchi, SM Paradine… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - ACS Publications
We report a one-step catalytic, enantioselective method for the preparation of homoallylic N-
Boc amines directly from acetals. Reactive iminium ion intermediates are generated in situ …

MHC class II complexes sample intermediate states along the peptide exchange pathway

M Wieczorek, J Sticht, S Stolzenberg, S Günther… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
The presentation of peptide-MHCII complexes (pMHCIIs) for surveillance by T cells is a well-
known immunological concept in vertebrates, yet the conformational dynamics of antigen …

The impact of DM on MHC class II–restricted antigen presentation can be altered by manipulation of MHC–peptide kinetic stability

CA Lazarski, FA Chaves, AJ Sant - The Journal of experimental …, 2006 - rupress.org
DM edits the peptide repertoire presented by major histocompatibility complex class II
molecules by professional antigen-presenting cells (APCs), favoring presentation of some …

HLA-DM targets the hydrogen bond between the histidine at position β81 and peptide to dissociate HLA-DR–peptide complexes

K Narayan, CL Chou, AR Kim, IZ Hartman, S Dalai… - Nature …, 2007 - nature.com
The peptide editor HLA-DM (DM) mediates exchange of peptides bound to major
histocompatibility (MHC) class II molecules during antigen processing; however, the …

Peptide binding to MHC class I and II proteins: new avenues from new methods

R Yaneva, C Schneeweiss, M Zacharias… - Molecular immunology, 2010 - Elsevier
Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I and II proteins have been in the focus of
interest for immunologists, biochemists, cell biologists, and structural biologists for decades …

Structural Basis for the Modulation of the Neuronal Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel NaV1.6 by Calmodulin

VPR Chichili, Y Xiao, J Seetharaman, TR Cummins… - Scientific reports, 2013 - nature.com
The neuronal-voltage gated sodium channel (VGSC), NaV1. 6, plays an important role in
propagating action potentials along myelinated axons. Calmodulin (CaM) is known to …