Greek Key Motif

Made-up of beta-sheets

Four adjacent antiparallel strands linked by loops

Three anti-parallel beta sheets are connected 3 loops

The pattern is similar to ornamental pattern used I ancient Greece, therefore called as Greek Key motif

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Most tumor cells,express MHC class I molecules on their surface, cytotoxic T cells can directly recognize tumor cells expressing neo-antigens.

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Cytotoxic T cells release granules containing the proteins perforin and granzyme-B

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perforins punch holes in the endocytic vesicle membrane, allowing granzymes to enter the cytoplasm

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Granzymes are serine proteases and cleave and activate

apoptotic molecules within the target cells, causing programmed cell death.

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Some Cytotoxic T cells express on their surface FasL, a natural ligand molecule related to TNF