Structural Immunoinformatics
Structural Modeling and Analysis of T-cell mediated Immunity
A key interaction in T-cell mediated Immunity involves cleaved protein fragments (peptides) binding to Major Histocompability Complexes (MHCs). The now peptide-MHC (pMHC) complex is transported to the surface of the cell, where it is scanned by the T-cell receptor, which recognizes self-peptides from non-self peptides stemming from infected/tumor cells. Identifying which peptides bind to MHCs is crucial for developing cancer immunotherapies. Recognizing the inherent structural characteristics in T-cell mediated interactions, we develop tools that perform structural modeling and structural analysis of pMHC complexes.
APE-Gen2.0: pMHC Structural Modeling
Given a peptide amino acid sequence and an MHC type, APE-Gen2.0 is are able to repidly provide a ensemble of pMHC structures.
3pHLA: Structure-derived pMHC binding affinity predictions
Given a pMHC structure, 3pHLA can acurately predict binding affinities and prioritize good peptide binders.
HLA-Arena: Customizable peptide-MHC structure analysis
HLA-Arena provides a customizable environment for the structural modeling and analysis of peptide-HLA complexes.
PepSim: T-cell Cross-reactivity prediction
Given two or more pMHC complexes, PepSim predicts T-cell cross-reactivity.