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. 1982 Jun;79(12):3687–3691. doi: 10.1073/pnas.79.12.3687

Complete amino acid sequence of an HLA-DR antigen-like beta chain as predicted from the nucleotide sequence: similarities with immunoglobulins and HLA-A, -B, and -C antigens.

D Larhammar, L Schenning, K Gustafsson, K Wiman, L Claesson, L Rask, P A Peterson
PMCID: PMC346491  PMID: 6954511

Abstract

The complete nucleotide sequence of an HLA-DR antigen-like beta-chain cDNA clone was determined. The 1,080 base pairs include the complete coding region and most of the untranslated portion. The predicted amino acid sequence has 229 residues. The beta chain contains two immunoglobulin-like disulfide loops and a 21-amino acid residue membrane-integrated segment. Ten amino acid residues reside on the cytoplasmic side of the plasma membrane. The single asparagine-linked carbohydrate moiety is attached to asparagine-19. The NH2-terminal 91 residues of the beta chain are homologous to the corresponding region of HLA-A, -B, and -C antigen heavy chains. Residues 92-192 of the beta chain display statistically significant homology to members of the immunoglobulin family, beta 2-microglobulin, and the immunoglobulin-like domain of HLA-A, -B, and -C antigen heavy chains. These data establish that the major histocompatibility antigens of class I and class II type and the constant regions of immunoglobulins are evolutionarily related.

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