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SUBMITTER: Ely LK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2783927 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ely Lauren K LK Fischer Suzanne S Garcia K Christopher KC
Nature immunology 20091018 12
Interleukin 17 (IL-17)-producing helper T cells (T(H)-17 cells), together with their effector cytokines, including members of the IL-17 family, are emerging as key mediators of chronic inflammatory and autoimmune disorders. Here we present the crystal structure of a complex of IL-17 receptor A (IL-17RA) bound to IL-17F in a 1:2 stoichiometry. The mechanism of complex formation was unique for cytokines and involved the engagement of IL-17 by two fibronectin-type domains of IL-17RA in a groove bet ...[more]