title: Cryptic B-cell epitope identification through informational analysis of protein sequences.
abstract: A comparison of the location of B-cell epitopes and information structure (IS) of protein sequences was attempted. Analysis of 62 known B-cell epitopes located in five different proteins showed that they concentrated in IS sites with increased degree of information coordination. Based on the analysis of IS six peptides from two proteins were selected and produced in a recombinant form as yeast virus-like particles (VLPs). Immunization of mice with recombinant VLP-peptides has induced the production of IgG capable of recognizing full-length antigens. This result suggests that the analysis of IS of proteins can be useful in the selection of peptides possessing cryptic B-cell epitope activity.
authors.affiliation: Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry RAS, Miklukho-Maklaya St., 16/10, Moscow 117997, Russian Federation.
authors.forename: Ludmila
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Alekseeva
authors.forename: Aleksei
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nekrasov
authors.forename: Aleksei
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marchenko
authors.forename: Marina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shevchenko
authors.forename: Sergei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Benevolenskii
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sapozhnikov
authors.forename: Viswanath P
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Kurup
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Svirshchevskaya
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D018985:Epitopes, B-Lymphocyte / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008808:Mice, Inbred CBA; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D020539:Sequence Analysis, Protein / Q000379:methods*; D014612:Vaccines / Q000276:immunology; D014771:Virion / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D018985:Epitopes, B-Lymphocyte; D014612:Vaccines