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INTERACTIONS between major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules and the CD4 or CDS coreceptors have a major role in intrathymic T-cell selection1. On mature T cells, each of these two glycoproteins is associated with a class-specific bias in MHC molecule recognition by the T-cell receptor. CD4+ T cells respond to antigen in association with MHC class II molecules and CD8+ T cells respond to antigen in association with MHC class I molecules. Physical interaction between the CD4/MHC class II molecules and CD8/MHC class I molecules has been demonstrated by cell adhesion assay2–5, and a binding site for CDS on class I has been identified6,7. Here we demonstrate that a region of the MHC class IIβ-chain β2 domain, structurally analogous to the CDS-binding loop in the MHC class I α3 domain, is critical for function with both mouse and human CD4.
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König, R., Huang, LY. & Germain, R. MHC class II interaction with CD4 mediated by a region analogous to the MHC class I binding site for CD8. Nature 356, 796–798 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1038/356796a0
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