Abstract
Activation of a cytotoxic T cell requires specific binding of antigenic peptides to major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules. This paper reports a study of peptides binding to members of the HLA-A3 superfamily using a recently developed 2D-QSAR method, called the additive method. Four alleles with high phenotype frequency were included in the study: A*0301, A*1101, A*3101 and A*6801. The influence of each of the 20 amino acids at each position of the peptide on binding was studied. A refined A3 supertype motif was defined in the study.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 11-18 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Protein Engineering, Design and Selection |
Volume | 16 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jan 2003 |
Keywords
- a3-supertype
- additive method
- pls