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. 2011 Oct 13;7(10):e1002144. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002144

Figure 4. Simulation of time-dependent peptide optimization by HLA–B.

Figure 4

The peptide optimization model of Fig. 2 was used to simulate a labeled cohort of peptide-MHC complexes by switching from generation of an unlabeled MHC population to a labeled population for 5 min (yellow blocks). The plots represent the concentration of total labeled MHC (blue), labeled MHC with medium or high affinity peptide (green) and labeled MHC with high affinity peptide only (red), at each time point. Simulations were performed in the absence (A) and presence (B) of tapasin. Corresponding experimental results [6] are also reported (circles). Simulations were conducted for representative low, medium and high affinity peptides with a separate dissociation rate Inline graphic and generation rate Inline graphic for each peptide Inline graphic, and a separate peptide binding rate Inline graphic for each HLA–B allele Inline graphic (Table S1 in Text S1; Protocol S1).