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SUBMITTER: Yang Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2819277 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yang Zhiru Z West Anthony P AP Bjorkman Pamela J PJ
Nature structural & molecular biology 20091018 11
The poxvirus 2L protein binds tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNFalpha) to inhibit host antiviral and immune responses. The 2.8-A 2L-TNFalpha structure reveals three symmetrically arranged 2L molecules per TNFalpha trimer. 2L resembles class I major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules but lacks a peptide-binding groove and beta2-microglobulin light chain. Overlap between the 2L and host TNF receptor-binding sites on TNFalpha rationalizes 2L inhibition of TNFalpha-TNF receptor interactions an ...[more]