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The Journal of Immunology, Vol 148, Issue 4 1155-1162, Copyright © 1992 by American Association of Immunologists

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HLA-Bw22: a family of molecules with identity to HLA-B7 in the alpha 1- helix

WH Hildebrand, JA Madrigal, AM Little and P Parham
Department of Cell Biology, and Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University, CA 94305.

Various HLA-B molecules exhibit serologic cross-reactions with HLA-B7, including HLA-B27, B40, Bw42, and Bw22. Of this group, primary structures for the three serologic subdivisions of HLA-Bw22, HLA-Bw54, Bw55, and Bw56, have yet to be determined. Here, we describe the nucleotide sequences of five distinctive HLA-Bw22 alleles isolated from cells of different ethnic origins typed either for Bw54, Bw55, or Bw56. Heterogeneity in molecules typed as Bw55 and Bw56 was defined. The five HLA-Bw22 alleles form a closely related family that appears to have evolved by a series of simple gene conversion events, all of which alter the antigen recognition site of the encoded proteins. Of note, HLA-Bw54 is the product of a gene conversion between HLA-B and C alleles. All the Bw22 alleles encode an alpha 1-helix identical in amino acid sequence to that of HLA-B7 and Bw42, a feature almost certainly responsible for the serologic cross-reactivity of these molecules. Shared substitutions in the alpha 1-helix can also explain the cross-reactivity of Bw22 and B7 with B27. Patterns of amino acid substitution in the alpha 2-domain of Bw22 heavy chains correlate with certain antibody and T cell cross-reactivities, thereby implicating particular amino acids in their target epitopes.


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