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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-9-23
pubmed:abstractText
The antigen processing pathway generates the peptides displayed by MHC I molecules on the cell surface. Whether these peptides are generated in the cytosol or from longer intermediates transported into the ER is unclear, because peptides other than those bound to MHC I have been difficult to find. Using a novel assay, we show that N-terminally extended antigenic analogs were associated with high-molecular weight material in the cytosol and were transported by TAP. In the ER, a nonapeptide was predominant that was converted to the final octapeptide only in presence of the appropriate MHC I molecule. The existence of extended peptides and their MHC I-dependent trimming suggest a mechanism for efficiently satisfying the distinct sequence preferences of polymorphic MHC I molecules.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
1074-7613
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
11
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
241-51
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Discrete proteolytic intermediates in the MHC class I antigen processing pathway and MHC I-dependent peptide trimming in the ER.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, 94720, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't