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Identification of a Crucial Energetic Footprint on the 1 Helix of Human Histocompatibility Leukocyte Antigen (HLA)-A2 That Provides Functional Interactions for Recognition by Tax Peptide/HLA-A2–specific T Cell Receptors

Correspondence to: William E. Biddison, National Institutes of Health, Bldg. 10, Rm. 5B-16, Bethesda, MD 20892. Tel:301-496-9009 Fax:301-402-0373 E-mail:web{at}helix.nih.gov.

Structural studies have shown that class I major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-restricted peptide-specific T cell receptor (TCR)-/ßs make multiple contacts with the 1 and 2 helices of the MHC, but it is unclear which or how many of these interactions contribute to functional binding. We have addressed this question by performing single amino acid mutagenesis of the 15 TCR contact sites on the human histocompatibility leukocyte antigen (HLA)-A2 molecule recognized by the A6 TCR specific for the Tax peptide presented by HLA-A2. The results demonstrate that mutagenesis of only three amino acids (R65, K66, and A69) that are clustered on the 1 helix affected T cell recognition of the Tax/HLA-A2 complex. At least one of these three mutants affected T cell recognition by every member of a large panel of Tax/HLA-A2–specific T cell lines. Biacore measurements showed that these three HLA-A2 mutations also altered A6 TCR binding kinetics, reducing binding affinity. These results show that for Tax/HLA-A2–specific TCRs, there is a location on the central portion of the 1 helix that provides interactions crucial to their function with the MHC molecule.

Key Words: T cell receptor, major histocompatibility complex class I–peptide complex, T cell activation, CD8⁺ T cell, binding kinetics

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