Structural variability and concerted motions of the T cell receptor - CD3 complex

© 2021, Pandey et al..

We investigate the structural and orientational variability of the membrane-embedded T cell receptor (TCR) - CD3 complex in extensive atomistic molecular dynamics simulations based on the recent cryo-EM structure determined by Dong et al., 2019. We find that the TCR extracellular (EC) domain is highly variable in its orientation by attaining tilt angles relative to the membrane normal that range from 15° to 55°. The tilt angle of the TCR EC domain is both coupled to a rotation of the domain and to characteristic changes throughout the TCR - CD3 complex, in particular in the EC interactions of the Cβ FG loop of the TCR, as well as in the orientation of transmembrane helices. The concerted motions of the membrane-embedded TCR - CD3 complex revealed in our simulations provide atomistic insights on conformational changes of the complex in response to tilt-inducing forces on antigen-bound TCRs.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:10

Enthalten in:

eLife - 10(2021) vom: 07. Sept.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Pandey, Prithvi R [VerfasserIn]
Różycki, Bartosz [VerfasserIn]
Lipowsky, Reinhard [VerfasserIn]
Weikl, Thomas R [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

CD3
CD3 Complex
Human
Immunology
Inflammation
Journal Article
Molecular dynamics
Receptor-CD3 Complex, Antigen, T-Cell
Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta
Structural changes
T cell receptor
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Date Completed 27.10.2021

Date Revised 27.10.2021

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.7554/eLife.67195

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM330332120