A Practical Guide to Structure-Based Prediction of MHC-Binding Peptides
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The binding of bound peptide ligands to major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules plays a key role in the activation
of normal immune responses and is an intricate theoretical problem that remains unsolved. Geometric and energetic complementarities
between an MHC molecule and its corresponding bound peptide ligand are critical in determining the stability of the complex.
In this context, the introduction of structural information can greatly facilitate our understanding of how well a peptide
ligand can associate with a particular MHC molecule. This chapter introduces the use of structural models as a predictive
method to determine whether a peptide sequence can bind to a specific MHC allele
Affiliation(s): (3) Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences & Biotechnology Research Institute, Macquarie University, New South Wales, Australia
(4) Department of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
(5) Department of Biochemistry, National University of Singapore, and Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore
(4) Department of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
(5) Department of Biochemistry, National University of Singapore, and Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore
Series: Methods in Molecular Biology | Volume: 409 | Pub. Date: Jun-21-2007 | Page Range: 301-308 | DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60327-118-9_22
Subject: Immunology
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