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The structure of HLA-B27 reveals nonamer self-peptides bound in an extended conformation

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X-ray crystallography reveals electron density in the antigen-binding site of HLA-B27 that is an interpretable image of nonameric peptides in a largely extended conformation. Clear density exists for the main chain and several side chains and is consistent with the sequence of 11 nonameric self-peptides eluted from HLA-B27 (see accompanying article1). Pockets in the antigen-binding cleft bind four side chains and the amino and carboxyl termini of the peptide.

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  1. J. C. Gorga

    Present address: Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, 6130 Rangos Research Building, 3705 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213, USA

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    D. R. Madden

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    D. R. Madden, J. C. Gorga, J. L. Strominger & D. C. Wiley

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Madden, D., Gorga, J., Strominger, J. et al. The structure of HLA-B27 reveals nonamer self-peptides bound in an extended conformation. Nature 353, 321–325 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1038/353321a0

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