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Saric, T., Chang, S.C., Hattori, A., York, I.A., Markant, S., Rock, K.L. and Goldberg, A.L. (2002) An IFN-γ—Induced Aminopeptidase in the ER, ERAP1, Trims Precursors to MHC Class I—Presented Peptides. Nature Immunology, 3, 1169-1176.
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• TITLE: Single-Chain Expression and Crystallization of an Antigenic C-Terminus in Complex with the Regulatory Domain of ER Aminopeptidase 1

  AUTHORS: Lufei Sui, Amit Gandhi, Hwai-Chen Guo

  KEYWORDS: Endoplasmic Reticulum Aminopeptidase 1 (ERAP1), ERAP1 Regulatory Domain, Antigen Presentation, X-Ray Crystallography

  JOURNAL NAME: Crystal Structure Theory and Applications, Vol.4 No.4, November 24, 2015

  ABSTRACT: Human endoplasmic reticulum aminopeptidase 1 (ERAP1) is one of two ER luminal aminopeptidases that participate in the final processing of peptide precursors and generates the N-termini of the MHC class I-restricted epitopes. In order to investigate the interactions of its binding site with substrate peptides, X-ray crystallographic analyses have been carried out to study structures of ERAP1 regulatory (ERAP1_R) domain in complex with antigenic peptides. Single-chain bimodular constructs with various antigenic peptides linked to the C-terminal end of ERAP1_R domain are designed to facilitate crystallization process of these complexes. These recombinant proteins have been purified and crystalized, and x-ray diffraction data of one crystal have been processed to a resolution of 2.8 . The crystal belongs to the space group P21, with unit cell parameters a =64.2, b = 66.8, c = 66.3 , β = 110.2°. A Refmac-refined omit map reveals a clear density for the antigenic peptide’s carboxylate-end that is in contact with the ERAP1 regulatory domain of neighboring molecule. Thus the single-chain bimodular constructs have provided an expedited approach to study sequence-specific interactions between the ERAP1 regulatory domain and antigen peptide’s C-terminal ends.