Grouping of Class I HLA Alleles Using Electrostatic Distribution Maps of the Peptide Binding Grooves
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Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) molecules involved in immune function by binding to short peptides (8–20 residues) have different
sequences in different individuals belonging to distinct ethnic population. Hence, the peptide-binding function of HLA alleles
is specific. Class I HLA alleles (alternative forms of a gene) are associated with CD8+ T cells, and their allele-specific
sequence information is available at the IMGT/HLA database. The available sequences are one-dimensional (1D), and the peptide-binding
functional inference often requires 3-dimensional (3D) structural models of respective alleles. Hence, 3D structures were
constructed for 1,000 class I HLA alleles (310 A, 570 B, and 120 C) using MODELLER (a comparative protein modeling program
for modeling protein structures). The electrostatic distribution maps were generated for each modeled structure using Deep
View (Swiss PDB Viewer Version 3.7). The 1,000 models were then grouped into different categories by visual inspection of
their electrostatic distribution maps in the peptide binding grooves. The distribution of the models based on electrostatic
distribution was 30% negative (300), 1% positive (12), 8% neutral (84), and 60% (604) mixed (random mixture of negative, positive,
and neutral). This grouping provides insight toward the inference for functional overlap among HLA alleles.
Affiliation(s): (3) School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, NANYANG Technological University, Singapore
(4) School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, NANYANG Technological University, Singapore
(4) School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, NANYANG Technological University, Singapore
Series: Methods in Molecular Biology | Volume: 409 | Pub. Date: Jun-21-2007 | Page Range: 175-181 | DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60327-118-9_12
Subject: Immunology
Key Words: HLA - alleles - grouping - peptide binding groove - electrostatic potential - negative - positive - neutral
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