PRESENTATION OF N-FORMULATED PEPTIDES BY H2-M3
PRESENTATION OF N-FORMULATED PEPTIDES BY H2-M3
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DOI:
10.1042/bst0230669
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发表时间:
1995-08-01
影响因子:
3.9
通讯作者:
WANG, CR
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作者:
LINDAHL, KF;DABHI, VM;WANG, CR
Like classical class I genes, H2-M3 is expressed from before day 8 of embryonic life, and its expression is inducible with y-interferon [15]. M3 transcripts are readily detectable in a Northern blot, at a level about 1/20 of total class I mRNA [3]. The highest levels are in thymus, followed by liver, kidney and spleen; the mRNA is barely detectable in testis and not at all in brain. The nucleotide similarity of M3 to Ld, a classical MHC class I gene, ranges from 69% in exon 2 to 86% in exon 4. The extracellular domains of M3 and many class Ia molecules have the same length and share the majority of generally conserved residues, such as cysteiries and the glycosylation site at residue 86. The M3 protein has a full-length, hydrophobic transmembrane domain and an eight-amino-acid hydrophilic anchor. M3 differs most notably from other class I molecules by the absence of charged residues pointing into the peptide-binding site.