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. 2007 Aug;8(8):873-81.
doi: 10.1038/ni1485. Epub 2007 Jul 1.

Selective loading of high-affinity peptides onto major histocompatibility complex class I molecules by the tapasin-ERp57 heterodimer

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Selective loading of high-affinity peptides onto major histocompatibility complex class I molecules by the tapasin-ERp57 heterodimer

Pamela A Wearsch et al. Nat Immunol. 2007 Aug.

Abstract

Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I glycoproteins bind peptides in the endoplasmic reticulum after incorporation into the peptide-loading complex, whose core is the transporter associated with antigen processing. Other components are the chaperone calreticulin, the thiol oxidoreductase ERp57, and tapasin. Tapasin and ERp57 have been shown to exist in the peptide-loading complex as a disulfide-linked heterodimer. Here, using a cell-free system, we demonstrate that although recombinant tapasin was ineffective in recruiting MHC class I molecules and facilitating peptide binding, recombinant tapasin-ERp57 conjugates accomplished both of those functions and also 'edited' the repertoire of bound peptides to maximize their affinity. Thus, the tapasin-ERp57 conjugate is the functional unit of the peptide-loading complex that generates MHC class I molecules with stably associated peptides.

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