TY - JOUR
T1 - Mechanisms and consequences of peptide selection by the I-A(k) class II molecule
AU - Latek, Robert R.
AU - Unanue, Emil R.
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - Important quantitative parameters can be utilized to define the selection and the immunogenicity of protein antigens precisely at a biochemical and a cellular level. Here we describe a naturally processed family of peptides comprising the dominant hen egg white lysozyme epitope, its major contribution to surface I-A(k) molecules, the primary and auxiliary peptide anchors involved in its selection, and its display of T-cell receptor contacts. In addition, we explore the importance of the processing events that lead to the generation of residues flanking the minimal core epitope, the quantification of T-cell responses directed toward the epitope, and the ability of the dominant epitope to form two unique conformations within the binding groove. Lastly, we address the relationship between this dominant and a minor lysozyme epitope.
AB - Important quantitative parameters can be utilized to define the selection and the immunogenicity of protein antigens precisely at a biochemical and a cellular level. Here we describe a naturally processed family of peptides comprising the dominant hen egg white lysozyme epitope, its major contribution to surface I-A(k) molecules, the primary and auxiliary peptide anchors involved in its selection, and its display of T-cell receptor contacts. In addition, we explore the importance of the processing events that lead to the generation of residues flanking the minimal core epitope, the quantification of T-cell responses directed toward the epitope, and the ability of the dominant epitope to form two unique conformations within the binding groove. Lastly, we address the relationship between this dominant and a minor lysozyme epitope.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1600-065X.1999.tb01367.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1600-065X.1999.tb01367.x
M3 - Review article
C2 - 10631948
AN - SCOPUS:0033451935
SN - 0105-2896
VL - 172
SP - 209
EP - 228
JO - Immunological Reviews
JF - Immunological Reviews
ER -