Virus subversion of the MHC class I peptide-loading complex |
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Authors: | Lybarger Lonnie Wang Xiaoli Harris Michael R Virgin Herbert W Hansen Ted H |
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Institution: | Department of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA. |
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Abstract: | Many viral proteins modulate class I expression, yet, in general, their mechanisms of specific class I recognition are poorly understood. The mK3 protein of gamma(2)-Herpesvirus 68 targets the degradation of nascent class I molecules via the ubiquitin/proteasome pathway. Here, we identify cellular components of the MHC class I assembly machinery, TAP and tapasin, that are required for mK3 function. mK3 failed to regulate class I in TAP- or tapasin-deficient cells, and mK3 interacted with TAP/tapasin, even in the absence of class I. Expression of mK3 resulted in the ubiquitination of TAP/tapasin-associated class I, and mutants of class I incapable of TAP/tapasin interaction were unaffected by mK3. Thus, mK3 subverts TAP/tapasin to specifically target class I molecules for destruction. |
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