Promiscuous antigen presentation by the nonclassical MHC Ib Qa-2 is enabled by a shallow, hydrophobic groove and self-stabilized peptide conformation.
He, X., Tabaczewski, P., Ho, J., Stroynowski, I., Garcia, K.C.(2001) Structure 9: 1213-1224
- PubMed: 11738047 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0969-2126(01)00689-x
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
1K8D - PubMed Abstract: 
Qa-2 is a nonclassical MHC Ib antigen, which has been implicated in both innate and adaptive immune responses, as well as embryonic development. Qa-2 has an unusual peptide binding specificity in that it requires two dominant C-terminal anchor residues and is capable of associating with a substantially more diverse array of peptide sequences than other nonclassical MHC.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.