Blicher Thomas, Kastrup Jette Sandholm, Pedersen Lars Østergaard, Buus Søren, Gajhede Michael
Biostructural Research, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, The Danish University of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universitetsparken 2, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.
Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun. 2006 Dec 1;62(Pt 12):1179-84. doi: 10.1107/S1744309106044228. Epub 2006 Nov 4.
A high-resolution structure of the human MHC-I molecule HLA-A*1101 is presented in which it forms a complex with a sequence homologue of a peptide that occurs naturally in hepatitis B virus DNA polymerase. The sequence of the bound peptide is AIMPARFYPK, while that of the corresponding natural peptide is LIMPARFYPK. The peptide does not make efficient use of the middle E pocket for binding, which leads to a rather superficial and exposed binding mode for the central peptide residues. Despite this, the peptide binds with high affinity (IC50 of 31 nM).