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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-8-30
pubmed:abstractText
Interactions of killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs) with major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I ligands diversify natural killer cell responses to infection. By analyzing sequence variation in diverse human populations, we show that the KIR3DL1/S1 locus encodes two lineages of polymorphic inhibitory KIR3DL1 allotypes that recognize Bw4 epitopes of protein">HLA-A and HLA-B and one lineage of conserved activating KIR3DS1 allotypes, also implicated in Bw4 recognition. Balancing selection has maintained these three lineages for over 3 million years. Variation was selected at D1 and D2 domain residues that contact HLA class I and at two sites on D0, the domain that enhances the binding of KIR3D to HLA class I. HLA-B variants that gained Bw4 through interallelic microconversion are also products of selection. A worldwide comparison uncovers unusual KIR3DL1/S1 evolution in modern sub-Saharan Africans. Balancing selection is weak and confined to D0, KIR3DS1 is rare and KIR3DL1 allotypes with similar binding sites predominate. Natural killer cells express the dominant KIR3DL1 at a high frequency and with high surface density, providing strong responses to cells perturbed in Bw4 expression.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1061-4036
pubmed:author
pubmed-author:Abi-RachedLaurentL, pubmed-author:BrunoDanD, pubmed-author:CarringtonChristine V FCV, pubmed-author:ChandanayingyongDasdayaneeD, pubmed-author:ChangYih-HsinYH, pubmed-author:CrespíCatalinaC, pubmed-author:DavisRonald WRW, pubmed-author:FraserPatricia APA, pubmed-author:GendzekhadzeKetevanK, pubmed-author:GleimerMichaelM, pubmed-author:HameedKamranK, pubmed-author:KamkamidzeGiorgiG, pubmed-author:KoramKwadwo AKA, pubmed-author:KorbelDanielD, pubmed-author:LayrisseZulayZ, pubmed-author:MatamorosNuriaN, pubmed-author:MilàJoanJ, pubmed-author:NormanPaul JPJ, pubmed-author:ParhamPeterP, pubmed-author:ParkMyoung HeeMH, pubmed-author:PitchappanRamasamy MRM, pubmed-author:RamdathD DanDD, pubmed-author:RileyEleanor MEM, pubmed-author:RonaghiMostafaM, pubmed-author:RowleyDonD, pubmed-author:Saruhan-DireskeneliGüherG, pubmed-author:ShiauMing-YuhMY, pubmed-author:StephensHenry A FHA, pubmed-author:StruikSiskeS, pubmed-author:TyanDollyD, pubmed-author:VaughanRobert WRW, pubmed-author:VerityDavid HDH
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
39
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1092-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17694054-African Continental Ancestry Group, pubmed-meshheading:17694054-Alleles, pubmed-meshheading:17694054-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:17694054-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:17694054-Gene Frequency, pubmed-meshheading:17694054-Genetics, Population, pubmed-meshheading:17694054-HLA-B Antigens, pubmed-meshheading:17694054-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:17694054-Linkage Disequilibrium, pubmed-meshheading:17694054-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:17694054-Phylogeny, pubmed-meshheading:17694054-Polymorphism, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:17694054-Protein Structure, Tertiary, pubmed-meshheading:17694054-Receptors, KIR3DL1, pubmed-meshheading:17694054-Receptors, KIR3DS1, pubmed-meshheading:17694054-Selection, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:17694054-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Unusual selection on the KIR3DL1/S1 natural killer cell receptor in Africans.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Structural Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305, USA. paul.norman@stanford.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural