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MUCOSAL IMMUNOLOGY
卷 2, 期 1, 页码 74-84出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/mi.2008.68
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- Biological and Biotechnology Sciences Research Council
- Wellcome Trust
- BBSRC [BB/E013104/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [BB/E013104/1] Funding Source: researchfish
Secretory immunoglobulin A (SIgA) is the most prevalent antibody in the human body and a first line of defense in mucosal immunity. We located secretory component (SC) relative to dimeric IgA1 (dIgA1) within the SIgA1 structure using the constrained modeling of solution scattering and analytical ultracentrifugation data. The extended solution structure of dIgA1 is largely preserved within SIgA1. From conformational searches of SC locations, the best-fit SC models within SIgA1 show that SC is extended along the outermost convex edge of the Fc dimer in dIgA1. The topology of our SIgA1 structure reveals that it is able to bind to one Fc alpha RI receptor molecule. SC binding to the Fc dimer confers protection to SIgA1 by the masking of proteolytically susceptible surface sites from bacterial proteases in the harsh environment of the mucosa. The models support a zipper-like unfolding of SC upon dIgA1 in the formation and transportation of SIgA1 into the mucosa.
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