Footprints of antigen processing boost MHC class II natural ligand predictions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Major histocompatibility complex class II (MHC-II) molecules present peptide fragments to T cells for immune recognition. Current predictors for peptide to MHC-II binding are trained on binding affinity data, generated in vitro and therefore lacking information about antigen processing.

Methods

We generate prediction models of peptide to MHC-II binding trained with naturally eluted ligands derived from mass spectrometry in addition to peptide binding affinity data sets.

Results

We show that integrated prediction models incorporate identifiable rules of antigen processing. In fact, we observed detectable signals of protease cleavage at defined positions of the ligands. We also hypothesize a role of the length of the terminal ligand protrusions for trimming t

SUBMITTER: Barra C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6240193 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature