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SUBMITTER: Boyle LH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3587277 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Boyle Louise H LH Hermann Clemens C Boname Jessica M JM Porter Keith M KM Patel Peysh A PA Burr Marian L ML Duncan Lidia M LM Harbour Michael E ME Rhodes David A DA Skjødt Karsten K Lehner Paul J PJ Trowsdale John J
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20130211 9
Tapasin is an integral component of the peptide-loading complex (PLC) important for efficient peptide loading onto MHC class I molecules. We investigated the function of the tapasin-related protein, TAPBPR. Like tapasin, TAPBPR is widely expressed, IFN-γ-inducible, and binds to MHC class I coupled with β2-microglobulin in the endoplasmic reticulum. In contrast to tapasin, TAPBPR does not bind ERp57 or calreticulin and is not an integral component of the PLC. β2-microglobulin is essential for the ...[more]