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The Evolving T Cell Receptor Recognition Code: The Rules Are More Like Guidelines
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Abstract
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alpha beta T cell receptor (TCR) recognition of peptide-MHC complexes lies at the core of adaptive immunity, balancing specificity and cross-reactivity to facilitate effective antigen discrimination. Early structural studies established basic frameworks helpful for understanding and contextualizing TCR recognition and features such as peptide specificity and MHC restriction. However, the growing TCR structural database and studies launched from structural work continue to reveal exceptions to common assumptions and simplifications derived from earlier work. Here we explore our evolving understanding of TCR recognition, illustrating how structural and biophysical investigations regularly uncover complex phenomena that push against paradigms and expand our understanding of how TCRs bind to and discriminate between peptide/MHC complexes. We discuss the implications of these findings for basic, translational, and predictive immunology, including the challenges in accounting for the inherent adaptability, flexibility, and occasional biophysical sloppiness that characterize TCR recognition.
Keywords:
COMPLEX CLASS-I
MHC CLASS-II
STRUCTURAL BASIS
CROSS-REACTIVITY
ANTIGEN RECOGNITION
BETA-CHAIN
RESTRICTED RECOGNITION
PROTEIN-STRUCTURE
FINE SPECIFICITY
MELANOMA ANTIGEN