Kavli Affiliate: Michael W. Young | Authors: Georgia F Papadaki, Claire H Woodward, Michael C Young, Trenton J Winters, George M Burslem and Nikolaos G Sgourakis | Summary: Human Tapasin (hTapasin) is the main chaperone of MHC-I molecules, enabling peptide loading and antigen repertoire optimization across HLA allotypes. However, it is restricted to the endoplasmic […]
Continue.. A Chicken Tapasin ortholog can chaperone empty HLA molecules independently of other peptide-loading components