PMID- 28278760 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190109 LR - 20190109 IS - 1538-0254 (Electronic) IS - 0739-1102 (Linking) VI - 36 IP - 3 DP - 2018 Feb TI - Computational characterization of residue couplings and micropolymorphism-induced changes in the dynamics of two differentially disease-associated human MHC class-I alleles. PG - 724-740 LID - 10.1080/07391102.2017.1295884 [doi] AB - Human major histocompatibility complex class I (MHC I) - or human leukocyte antigen (HLA) - proteins present intracellularly processed peptides to cytotoxic T lymphocytes in the adaptive immune response to pathogens. A high level of polymorphism in human MHC I proteins defines the peptide-binding specificity of thousands of different MHC alleles. However, polymorphism as well as the peptide ligand can also affect the global dynamics of the complex. In this study, we conducted classical molecular dynamics simulations of two HLA alleles, the ankylosing spondylitis (AS) associated/tapasin-dependent HLA-B*27:05 and nondisease-associated/tapasin-independent HLA-B*27:09, both in peptide-free forms as well as complex with four different peptides ligands. Our results indicate that in peptide-free form, the single amino acid substitution distinguishing the two alleles (D116H), leads to a weaker dynamic coupling of residues in the tapasin-dependent HLA-B*27:05. In peptide-bound form, several residues of the binding-groove, mostly in A and B pockets, show hinge-like behavior in the global motion of the MHC. Moreover, allele-dependent changes are shown in residue interactions, affecting the B-pocket as well as the beta-2-microglobulin (beta2m)-facing residues of the HLA chain. FAU - Sercinoglu, Onur AU - Sercinoglu O AD - a Department of Bioengineering , Institute of Pure and Applied Sciences, Marmara University , Istanbul , Turkey. AD - b Faculty of Engineering, Department of Bioengineering , Marmara University , Istanbul , Turkey. FAU - Ozbek, Pemra AU - Ozbek P AD - b Faculty of Engineering, Department of Bioengineering , Marmara University , Istanbul , Turkey. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20170301 PL - England TA - J Biomol Struct Dyn JT - Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics JID - 8404176 RN - 0 (HLA-B*27:05 antigen) RN - 0 (HLA-B*27:09 antigen) RN - 0 (HLA-B27 Antigen) RN - 0 (Ligands) RN - 0 (Membrane Transport Proteins) RN - 0 (Peptides) RN - 0 (tapasin) SB - IM MH - Alleles MH - Amino Acid Sequence MH - Amino Acid Substitution/genetics MH - Binding Sites MH - Computational Biology MH - HLA-B27 Antigen/chemistry/*genetics/immunology MH - Humans MH - Ligands MH - Membrane Transport Proteins/chemistry MH - Molecular Dynamics Simulation MH - Peptides/chemistry/genetics/immunology MH - Polymorphism, Genetic MH - Protein Binding MH - *Protein Conformation MH - Spondylitis, Ankylosing/*genetics/immunology/pathology OTO - NOTNLM OT - HLA-B27 OT - Tapasin dependency OT - allostery OT - ankylosing spondylitis OT - global dynamics OT - human leukocyte antigens OT - major histocompatibility complex class I OT - molecular dynamics EDAT- 2017/03/11 06:00 MHDA- 2019/01/10 06:00 CRDT- 2017/03/11 06:00 PHST- 2017/03/11 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/01/10 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/03/11 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1080/07391102.2017.1295884 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Biomol Struct Dyn. 2018 Feb;36(3):724-740. doi: 10.1080/07391102.2017.1295884. Epub 2017 Mar 1.