Structure of Natural Killer Receptor 2B4 Bound to CD48 Reveals Basis for Heterophilic Recognition in Signaling Lymphocyte Activation Molecule Family
Abstract
Natural killer (NK) cells eliminate virally infected and tumor cells. Among the receptors regulating NK cell function is 2B4 (CD244), a member of the signaling lymphocyte-activation molecule (SLAM) family that binds CD48. 2B4 is the only heterophilic receptor of the SLAM family, whose other members, e.g., NK-T-B-antigen (NTB-A), are self-ligands. We determined the structure of the complex between the N-terminal domains of mouse 2B4 and CD48, as well as the structures of unbound 2B4 and CD48. The complex displayed an association mode related to, yet distinct from, that of the NTB-A dimer. Binding was accompanied by the rigidification of flexible 2B4 regions containing most of the polymorphic residues across different species and receptor isoforms. We propose a model for 2B4-CD48 interactions that permits the intermixing of SLAM receptors with major histocompatibility complex-specific receptors in the NK cell immune synapse. This analysis revealed the basis for heterophilic recognition within the SLAM family.
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) National Synchrotron Light Source
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- Doe - Office Of Science
- OSTI Identifier:
- 959469
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-82455-2009-JA
TRN: US201016%%613
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC02-98CH10886
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article
- Resource Relation:
- Journal Name: Immunity; Journal Volume: 27; Journal Issue: 4
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; 99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE; LYMPHOCYTES; RESIDUES; TUMOR CELLS; national synchrotron light source
Citation Formats
Velikovsky,C., Deng, L., Chlewicki, L., Fernandez, M., Kumar, V., and Mariuzza, R. Structure of Natural Killer Receptor 2B4 Bound to CD48 Reveals Basis for Heterophilic Recognition in Signaling Lymphocyte Activation Molecule Family. United States: N. p., 2007.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.immuni.2007.08.019.
Velikovsky,C., Deng, L., Chlewicki, L., Fernandez, M., Kumar, V., & Mariuzza, R. Structure of Natural Killer Receptor 2B4 Bound to CD48 Reveals Basis for Heterophilic Recognition in Signaling Lymphocyte Activation Molecule Family. United States. doi:10.1016/j.immuni.2007.08.019.
Velikovsky,C., Deng, L., Chlewicki, L., Fernandez, M., Kumar, V., and Mariuzza, R. Mon .
"Structure of Natural Killer Receptor 2B4 Bound to CD48 Reveals Basis for Heterophilic Recognition in Signaling Lymphocyte Activation Molecule Family". United States.
doi:10.1016/j.immuni.2007.08.019.
@article{osti_959469,
title = {Structure of Natural Killer Receptor 2B4 Bound to CD48 Reveals Basis for Heterophilic Recognition in Signaling Lymphocyte Activation Molecule Family},
author = {Velikovsky,C. and Deng, L. and Chlewicki, L. and Fernandez, M. and Kumar, V. and Mariuzza, R.},
abstractNote = {Natural killer (NK) cells eliminate virally infected and tumor cells. Among the receptors regulating NK cell function is 2B4 (CD244), a member of the signaling lymphocyte-activation molecule (SLAM) family that binds CD48. 2B4 is the only heterophilic receptor of the SLAM family, whose other members, e.g., NK-T-B-antigen (NTB-A), are self-ligands. We determined the structure of the complex between the N-terminal domains of mouse 2B4 and CD48, as well as the structures of unbound 2B4 and CD48. The complex displayed an association mode related to, yet distinct from, that of the NTB-A dimer. Binding was accompanied by the rigidification of flexible 2B4 regions containing most of the polymorphic residues across different species and receptor isoforms. We propose a model for 2B4-CD48 interactions that permits the intermixing of SLAM receptors with major histocompatibility complex-specific receptors in the NK cell immune synapse. This analysis revealed the basis for heterophilic recognition within the SLAM family.},
doi = {10.1016/j.immuni.2007.08.019},
journal = {Immunity},
number = 4,
volume = 27,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2007},
month = {Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2007}
}
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