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ELIFE
Volume 11, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
eLIFE SCIENCES PUBL LTD
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.79508
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T cell; CD4; evolution; TCR; signaling; activation
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- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases [R01AI101053, CCSG-CA 023074]
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Through evolution, purifying selection has shaped motifs in the CD4 protein that enhance its response to MHCII molecules. The importance of CD4-Lck interactions is derived from the balancing activity of an inhibitory motif, as well as motifs that direct CD4-Lck pairs to specific membrane compartments.
CD4(+) T cells use T cell receptor (TCR)-CD3 complexes, and CD4, to respond to peptide antigens within MHCII molecules (pMHCII). We report here that, through similar to 435 million years of evolution in jawed vertebrates, purifying selection has shaped motifs in the extracellular, transmembrane, and intracellular domains of eutherian CD4 that enhance pMHCII responses, and covary with residues in an intracellular motif that inhibits responses. Importantly, while CD4 interactions with the Src kinase, Lck, are viewed as key to pMHCII responses, our data indicate that CD4-Lck interactions derive their importance from the counterbalancing activity of the inhibitory motif, as well as motifs that direct CD4-Lck pairs to specific membrane compartments. These results have implications for the evolution and function of complex transmembrane receptors and for biomimetic engineering.
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