Research Article

An Immunoinformatics Study to Predict Epitopes in the Envelope Protein of SARS-CoV-2

Table 3

List of HTL epitopes that are antigenic and nonallergic and bind with an affinity IC50 value of less than 200 nm with MHC-II alleles.

EpitopePosition in sequenceInteraction of MHC-II alleles having IC50 value <200 nmAntigenicAllergenToxicIFN-γ epitope predictionPopulation coverage (%)Binding score (kcal/mol) of epitopes with MHC-II

VLLFLAFVV17HLA-DRB115:01
HLA-DRB112:01
HLA-DRB104:05
HLA-DRB104:04
HLA-DRB101:01
HLA-DRB501:01
HLA-DRB107:01
YesNoNoPositive53−90.4

FLAFVVFLL20HLA-DRB104:05
HLA-DRB104:04
HLA-DRB115:01
HLA-DRB104:01
HLA-DRB101:01
HLA-DRB107:01
HLA-DRB104:04
HLA-DRB109:01
HLA-DRB501:01
YesNoNoPositive62−80.05

LLVTLAILT27HLA-DRB101:01
HLA-DRB115:01
HLA-DRB107:01
HLA-DRB104:04
HLA-DRB107:01
HLA-DRB104:05
HLA-DRB107:01
HLA-DRB115:01
HLA-DRB111:01
YesNoNoPositive57−51.01

LAILTALRL31HLA-DRB101:01
HLA-DRB115:01
HLA-DRB107:01
HLA-DRB104:04
HLA-DRB104:05
HLA-DRB111:01
YesNoNoPositive57−64.52

YVYSRVKNL57HLA-DRB104:01
HLA-DRB104:05
HLA-DRB107:01
HLA-DRB111:01
HLA-DRB501:01
HLA-DRB101:01
YesNoNoPositive48−55.9