Lecture 15: Immune System Protein Trafficking + viruses Flashcards
MHC stands for ___
Major Histocompatibility Complex
MHC are ____ on ___
Oligomeric protein complexes on the cell surface
MHC is ___ meaning that it has multiple alleles
polymorphic
MHC binds to ____ (___ amino acids)
wide variety of peptide antigens (8-24 a.a)
MHC (general) presents antigens to ____
T-cells
antigens to MHC I cause ___ while antigens to MHC II cause ___
cell death
T-cell stimulation
MHC complexes rich the cell surface with ___ using ____
bound peptide antigens
different trafficking pathways
class MHC I description
a-chain (transmembrane heavy chain)-polymorphic
->a1 +a2 =peptide binding groove
b-microglobulin - non polymorphic/ soluble
class MHC II description
a-chain + b-chain (transmembrane region)- 2 chains
a1 +b1 =peptide binding groove (polymorphic)
MHC I is present only in ___
nucleated cells (not in blood cells) in vertebrates
MHC II is present only in ____
antigens presenting cells (ex. dendritic cells, b-cells, macrophages)
MHC I presents antigen to ___
cytotoxic T-cells
MHC II presents antigen to ___
helper + regulatory T-cells
source of peptide antigen (MHC I)
-proteins made in cytoplasm
source of peptide antigen (MHC II)
endocytosis PM + extracellular proteins
If antigen on MHC I is foreign then ____
the cell is targeted for destruction
receptor on cytotoxic T-cell that recognizes MHC I
CD8
general structure of MHC I
heterodimer
a-chain of MHC is ____ membrane protein
Type-1
complete assembly of MHC I occurs in ___
ER
a-chain of MHC I associate with __, __, ___ before/during assembly in ____
calnexin*, calreticulin and ERp57
ER lumen
a-chain of MHC I associate with B-microglobulin
when?
-shortly after synthesis (2 min)
peptide binding groove of MHC I protein faces ___
lumen of ER
antigens (peptides) for MHC I are transported from ____ into ____ by ____
*cytosol into ER lumen by TAP
TAP is a ____ in ER membrane, ____-ase, & ____
Transporter
ATP-ase
heterodimer (TAP-1,TAP-2)
transport of antigens for MHC I into ER lumen is a ___-dependent process
ATP
peptides for MHC I (viral) are derived from ____
proteolysis of newly synthesized viral proteins in
cytosol by Proteasome
Tapasin (Tsn) is an _____associated with
ER membrane glycoprotein
TAP
Function of Tapasin
Facilitates peptide loading onto MHC I
___ motif on Tsn retains unloaded MHC I in ER
KK
Tsn has a ____(ER-retention) motif
dilysine
TAP has a ____(NBD) for __ binding
nucleotide binding domain
ATP
Tsn and fully loaded MHC I
Tsn releases MHC I to move to golgi and then cell surface