Natural killer (NK) cells represent indispensable part of the innate immunity as they are capable of promptly identifying virally infected or tumor cells and participating in the regulation of adaptive immune responses. These functions are ensured by the interplay between NK receptors, creating a complex regulatory system. Solving the receptors' structure may contribute to an overall understanding of NK cell biology. Presented thesis describes an elucidation of the structure of the inhibitory C-type lectin-like receptor (CTLR) Nkrp1b with an emphasis toward structural features (stalk, loop and oligomerization state) which might affect conformation or interactions of this receptor. The interaction of Nkrp1b with its ligand, Clr-b protein, is immunologically significant as it regulates NK cells' activity independently and monitors changes that are not visible to cytotoxic T lymphocytes. To study individual structural aspects of Nkrp1b, two protein variants were recombinantly prepared in bacterial expression system: entire ectodomain and ligand-binding domain lacking the stalk. Using a range of mass spectrometric techniques in combination with homology modeling and molecular dynamics, we proposed the Nkrp1b structure including its monomeric and dimeric arrangements. In addition, the oligomerization...
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:396970 |
| Date | January 2019 |
| Creators | Wallenfels, Lucie |
| Contributors | Novák, Petr, Obšilová, Veronika, Šebela, Marek |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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