Ligand-responsive groove remodelling in human and macaque CD1d reveals a conserved MHC-like gating mechanism
Daniel J. Burns, Alex Look, Steven Turner, Martin Maly, Oliver J. Melling, Kinga Niedobecka, Rita Szoke‐Kovacs, Hatice Nurdan Aksoy Kilinc, Richard J. Suckling, Andrew Chancellor, Mariolina Salio, Andrew White, Sally A. Sharpe, Ali Roghanian, Bruno Linclau, , Salah Mansour
This study determines the crystal structures of human and macaque CD1d bound to -GalCer, revealing conserved ligand-responsive conformational flexibility at Phe84 that modulates antigen presentation.
bioRxiv · Dec 25, 2025 · PreprintImmunology