CrossTope: a curate repository of 3D structures of immunogenic peptide: MHC complexes

Database (Oxford). 2013 Feb 8:2013:bat002. doi: 10.1093/database/bat002. Print 2013.

Abstract

The CrossTope is a highly curate repository of three-dimensional structures of peptide:major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I complexes (pMHC-I). The complexes hosted by this databank were obtained in protein databases and by large-scale in silico construction of pMHC-I structures, using a new approach developed by our group. At this moment, the database contains 182 'non-redundant' pMHC-I complexes from two human and two murine alleles. A web server provides interface for database query. The user can download (i) structure coordinate files and (ii) topological and charges distribution maps images from the T-cell receptor-interacting surface of pMHC-I complexes. The retrieved structures and maps can be used to cluster similar epitopes in cross-reactivity approaches, to analyse viral escape mutations in a structural level or even to improve the immunogenicity of tumour antigens. Database URL: http://www.crosstope.com.br.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cross Reactions / immunology
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Databases, Protein*
  • Humans
  • Information Storage and Retrieval
  • Major Histocompatibility Complex / immunology*
  • Mice
  • Models, Molecular*
  • Multivariate Analysis
  • Peptides / chemistry*
  • Peptides / immunology*
  • Software Design
  • User-Computer Interface

Substances

  • Peptides