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IMMUNITY
Volume 13, Issue 3, Pages 375-385Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-7613(00)00037-6
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IgE antibodies mediate antiparasitic immune responses and the inflammatory reactions of allergy and asthma. We have solved the crystal structure of the human IgE-Fc C epsilon 3-C epsilon 4 domains to 2.3 Angstrom resolution. The structure reveals a large rearrangement of the N-terminal C epsilon 3 domains when compared to related IgG-Fc structures and to the IgE-Fc bound to its high-affinity receptor, Fc epsilon RI. The IgE-Fc adopts a more compact, closed configuration that places the two C epsilon 3 domains in close proximity, decreases the size of the interdomain cavity, and obscures part of the FceRI binding site. IgE-Fc conformational flexibility may be required for interactions with two distinct IgE receptors, and the structure suggests strategies for the design of therapeutic compounds for the treatment of IgE-mediated diseases.
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