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. 1994 Dec;1(9):763-74.
doi: 10.1016/s1074-7613(94)80018-9.

In vivo and in vitro formation and dissociation of HLA-DR complexes with invariant chain-derived peptides

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In vivo and in vitro formation and dissociation of HLA-DR complexes with invariant chain-derived peptides

R R Avva et al. Immunity. 1994 Dec.

Abstract

HLA-DR molecules associated with class II-associated invariant chain peptides (CLIP) are generated in vivo as an intermediate in class II maturation. Such complexes can be produced in vitro by proteolytic digestion of DR alpha beta I complexes, suggesting that CLIP is a residual fragment that remains associated with class II molecules following I chain degradation. In vitro, CLIP dissociation from DR alpha beta dimers occurs at different rates depending on the allele, and is facilitated by low pH and by detergents containing 8-10 carbon unbranched hydrocarbons, or by primary aliphatic amines or carboxylic acids. The accumulation of DR alpha beta CLIP complexes in HLA-DM-negative antigen-processing mutant cells argues that a functionally similar mechanism, dependent on HLA-DM expression, catalyzes in vivo CLIP dissociation and generation of normal class II-peptide complexes.

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