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. 2022 Jul 5;13:3872. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-31443-9

Fig. 3. CO3 γδ TCR binds CD1a in an unprecedent manner.

Fig. 3

a The overview of the crystal structure of CO3 γδ TCR-CD1a-sulfatide is shown. Both chains of the CO3 γδ TCR (γ chain in green; δ chain in orange) docked on the side of CD1a (grey) - β2m (blue) heterodimer forming a ~90° incident angle. The lipid antigen sulfatide (yellow) protrudes from the cleft of CD1a. The sideways docking mode is contrasted with b CD1a-restricted autoreactive αβ TCR BK6 (α chain in coral, β chain in cyan, lipid ligand in dark green; PDB: 4X6C) and c the docking modes seen for MR1 restricted γδ TCRs: G7 (left: PDB 6MWR) and G83.C4 (right: 7LLI). MR1 is shown in black, γ chains are in green, δ chains in orange and the MR1 ligands in pink.