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Table 5 Comparison of experimentally-defined and predicted 15-mer HLA class II-binding peptides for three DRB1 alleles

From: Sequence conservation analysis and in silico human leukocyte antigen-peptide binding predictions for the Mtb72F and M72 tuberculosis candidate vaccine antigens

Performance algorithm

DRB1*0101 (DR1)

DRB1*1501 (DR2)

DRB1*0401 (DR4)

 

Mtb32A

Mtb39A

Mtb72F

Mtb32A

Mtb39A

Mtb72F

Mtb32A

Mtb39A

Mtb72F

INAFSVGSGQTYGVD

VNEAEYGEMWAQDAA

 

LSQDRFADFPALPLD

MLKGFAPAAAAQAVQ

 

LNGLIQFDAAIQPGD

TAYGLTVPPPVIAEN

 

GSGQTYGVDVVGYDR

AYETAYGLTVPPPVI

 

DRFADFPALPLDPSA

KTVSPHRSPISNMVS

 

NFQLSQGGQGFAIPI

VVWGLTVGSWIGSSA

 

ATDINAFSVGSGQTY

AEYGEMWAQDAAAMF

 

APAQAAPPALSQDRFa

MSSLGSSLGSSGLGG

 

LNGHHPGDVISVTWQ

GLTVGSWIGSSAGLM

 

YDRTQDVAVLQLRGA

GEMWAQDAAAMFGYA

  

SSAGLMVAAASPYVA

 

LTNNHVIAGATDINA

GVAANLGRAASVGSL

 

VAVLQLRGAGGLPSA

AAAAYETAYGLTVPP

    

QTYGVDVVGYDRTQD

ANLGRAASVGSLSVP

 

GGQGGTPRAVPGRVV

ASVGSLSVPQAWAAA

    

VPGRVVALGQTVQAS

AAAAYETAYGLTVPP

 

QTYGVDVVGYDRTQD

VVWGLTVGSWIGSSA

    

IPIGQAMAIAGQIRS

ASAFQSVVWGLTVGS

 

FSVGSGQTYGVDVVG

VRVAAAAYETAYGLT

    

NGARVQRVVGSAPAA

VTPAARALPLTSLTS

 

IPIGQAMAIAGQIRS

AIAVNEAEYGEMWAQ

    

INAFSVGSGQTYGVD

LMILIATNLLGQNTP

 
 

MLKGFAPAAAAQAVQ

    

RVQRVVGSAPAASLG

VAAASPYVAWMSVTA

 
 

AENRAELMILIATNL

    

AGQIRSGGGSPTVHI

ASPYVAWMSVTAGQA

 
 

ASAFQSVVWGLTVGS

    

GSGQTYGVDVVGYDR

VGSWIGSSAGLMVAA

 
 

FSAASAFQSVVWGLT

    

LQLRGAGGLPSAAIG

AENRAELMILIATNL

 
 

SSAGLMVAAASPYVA

    

IAGATDINAFSVGSG

SASLVAAAQMWDSVA

 
      

RVVALGQTVQASDSL

SSAGLMVAAASPYVA

 
      

YDRTQDVAVLQLRGA

LPPEINSARMYAGPG

 
      

FSVGSGQTYGVDVVG

GQAELTAAQVRVAAA

 
      

RVVGSAPAASLGIST

MLKGFAPAAAAQAVQ

 
      

VAVLQLRGAGGLPSA

AAQVRVAAAAYETAY

 
      

GFAIPIGQAMAIAGQ

YVAWMSVTAGQAELT

 
      

GVDVVGYDRTQDVAV

DAAAMFGYAAATATA

 
      

ATDINAFSVGSGQTY

PSSKLGGLWKTVSPH

 
      

PLDPSAMVAQVGPQV

VTAGQAELTAAQVRV

 
      

TQDVAVLQLRGAGGL

AVQTAAQNGVRAMSS

 
      

GGTPRAVPGRVVALG

LIATNLLGQNTPAIA

 
      

NHVIAGATDINAFSV

GEMWAQDAAAMFGYA

 
      

GGGSPTVHIGPTAFL

MYAGPGSASLVAAAQ

 
      

GTGIVIDPNGVVLTN

VRVAAAAYETAYGLT

 
      

RWSWLLSVLAAVGLGa

FSAASAFQSVVWGLT

 
       

AIAVNEAEYGEMWAQ

 
       

AYETAYGLTVPPPVI

 
       

ASVGSLSVPQAWAAA

 

Total binders determined in vitro

9

14

23

3

4

6

29

32

60

Total non-bindersb

106

113

202

112

123

219

86

95

165

True predicted binders (TP)

5

12

17

0

2

2

4

13

17

True predicted non-binders (TN)

45

28

68

102

108

197

77

70

134

Sensitivity prediction algorithm

55 %

86 %

74 %

0 %

50 %

33 %

14 %

41 %

28 %

Specificity prediction algorithm

42 %

25 %

34 %

91 %

88 %

90 %

90 %

74 %

81 %

  1. Listed epitopes were derived from ref. [18] and experimentally found to bind MCH Class II molecules. Peptides predicted by NetMHCpan-3.0 in the current study are underlined and highlighted in bold. TP True positives. In ref. [18] and the current study, data were generated using 15 mer peptides overlapping by 12 mer. TN True negatives. aSequence does not appear in the Mtb72F recombinant protein. bLength of the Mtb72F sequence is 729 amino acids, containing 225 overlapping15-mer peptides. Mtb32A and Mtb39A contain 115 and 127 overlapping 15-mer peptides