Comparison of the P2 specificity pocket in three human histocompatibility antigens: HLA-A*6801, HLA-A*0201, and HLA-B*2705.

AUTOR(ES)

Guo, H C

RESUMO

Coordinates from x-ray structures of HLA-A*6801, HLA-A*0201, and HLA-B*2705 were analyzed to examine the basis for their selectivity in peptide binding. The pocket that binds the side chain of the peptide's second amino acid residue (P2 residue) shows a preference for Val, Leu, and Arg in these three HLA subtypes, respectively. The Arg-specific pocket of HLA-B*2705 differs markedly from those of HLA-A*0201 and HLA-A*6801, as a result of numerous differences in the side chains that form the pocket's surface. The cause of the specificity differences between HLA-A*0201 and HLA-A*6801 is more subtle and depends both on a change in conformation of pocket residue Val-67 and on a sequence difference at residue 9. The Val-67 conformational change appears to be caused by a shift in the position of the alpha 1-domain alpha-helix relative to the beta-sheet in the cleft and may, in fact, depend on amino acid differences remote from the P2 pocket. Analysis of the stereochemistry of the P2 side chain interacting with its binding pocket permits an estimate to be made of its contribution to the free-energy change of peptide binding.

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