NIH R01 · 2025
Mobilizing TAP-independent CD8 T cells through non-canonical cross-presentation
PROPOSAL SUMMARY Major histocompatibility complex class I (MHC-I) molecules present peptides at the cell surface to CD8 T cells. The transporter associated with antigen processing (TAP) is a heterodimeric molecule of TAP1 and TAP2 that lies at the center of a macromolecular peptide loading complex tasked with loading and folding MHC-I molecules with peptides. TAP shuttles cytosolic proteasome-generated peptides across the membrane of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) for luminal delivery and loading of MHC-I molecules. Given the crucial role of TAP in translocating peptides to MHC-I molecules, many clinically important human viruses such as Herpesviridae and Poxviridae have evolved strategies…
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