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Infect Genet Evol Understanding the B and T Cell Epitopes of Spike Protein of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus-2: A Computational Way to Predict the Immunogens

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  • Infect Genet Evol Understanding the B and T Cell Epitopes of Spike Protein of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus-2: A Computational Way to Predict the Immunogens


    Infect Genet Evol


    . 2020 May 27;104382.
    doi: 10.1016/j.meegid.2020.104382. Online ahead of print.
    Understanding the B and T Cell Epitopes of Spike Protein of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus-2: A Computational Way to Predict the Immunogens


    Yoya Vashi 1 , Vipin Jagrit 1 , Sachin Kumar 2



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    Abstract

    The 2019 novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) outbreak has caused a large number of deaths, with thousands of confirmed cases worldwide. The present study followed computational approaches to identify B- and T-cell epitopes for the spike (S) glycoprotein of SARS-CoV-2 by its interactions with the human leukocyte antigen alleles. We identified 24 peptide stretches on the SARS-CoV-2 S protein that are well conserved among the reported strains. The S protein structure further validated the presence of predicted peptides on the surface, of which 20 are surface exposed and predicted to have reasonable epitope binding efficiency. The work could be useful for understanding the immunodominant regions in the surface protein of SARS-CoV-2 and could potentially help in designing some peptide-based diagnostics. Also, identified T-cell epitopes might be considered for incorporation in vaccine designs.

    Keywords: Diagnostics; Epitopes; SARS-CoV-2; Spike protein.

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