Morgan C S, Holton J M, Olafson B D, Bjorkman P J, Mayo S L
Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena 91125, USA.
Protein Sci. 1997 Aug;6(8):1771-3. doi: 10.1002/pro.5560060819.
Class I major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules bind peptides derived from degraded proteins for display to T cells of the immune system. Peptides bind to MHC proteins with varying affinities, depending upon their sequence and length. We demonstrate that the thermal stability of the MHC-peptide complex depends directly on peptide binding affinity. We use this correlation to develop a convenient method to determine peptide dissociation constants by measuring MHC-peptide complex stability using thermal denaturation profiles monitored by circular dichroism.
I类主要组织相容性复合体(MHC)分子结合源自降解蛋白质的肽段,以供免疫系统的T细胞识别。肽段与MHC蛋白的结合亲和力各不相同,这取决于它们的序列和长度。我们证明,MHC-肽复合物的热稳定性直接取决于肽段的结合亲和力。我们利用这种相关性开发了一种简便方法,通过使用圆二色性监测的热变性曲线来测量MHC-肽复合物的稳定性,从而确定肽段的解离常数。