Crystal structure of the streptococcal superantigen SPE-C: Dimerization and zinc binding suggest a novel mode of interaction with MHC class II molecules

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 635-643

  Roussel, Alain ^a,c   Anderson, Bryan F ^a   Baker, Heather M ^a   Fraser, John D ^b   Baker, Edward N ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; STREPTOCOCCUS ANTIGEN; SUPERANTIGEN; ZINC;

ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIMERIZATION; METAL BINDING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STREPTOCOCCUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BINDING SITES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DIMERIZATION; ENTEROTOXINS; EXOTOXINS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SUPERANTIGENS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; ZINC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0030798632     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsb0897-635     Document Type: Article

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