Table 1.

Peptide Sequences for Tax and HTLV-1 Basic Leucine Zipper Proteins

	HBZ Peptides
Tax Peptides	Accession No. DQ2732132 (Peptides 1–33)
1 MAHFPGFGQSLLFGYPVYVF	1 MAASGLFRCLPVSCPEDLLV
2 FGQSLLFGYPVYVFGDCVQG	2 FRCLPVSCPEDLLVEELVDG
3 FGYPVYVFGDCVQGDWCPIS	3 SCPEDLLVEELVDGLLSLEE
4 VFGDCVQGDWCPISGGLCSA	4 LVEELVDGLLSLEEELKDKE
5 QGDWCPISGGLCSARLHRHA	5 DGLLSLEEELKDKEEEKAVL
6 ISGGLCSARLHRHALLATCP	6 EEELKDKEEEKAVLDGLLSL
7 SARLHRHALLATCPEHQITW	7 KEEEKAVLDGLLSLEEESRG
8 HALLATCPEHQITWDPIDGR	8 VLDGLLSLEEESRGRLRRGP
9 CPEHQITWDPIDGRVIGSAL	9 SLEEESRGRLRRGPPGEKAP
10 TWDPIDGRVIGSALQFLIPR	10 RGRLRRGPPGEKAPPRGETH
11 GRVIGSALQFLIPRLPSFPT	11 GPPGEKAPPRGETHRDRQRR
12 ALQFLIPRLPSFPTQRTSKT	12 APPRGETHRDRQRRAEEKRK
13 PRLPSFPTQRTSKTLKVLTP	13 THRDRQRRAEEKRKRKKERE
14 PTQRTSKTLKVLTPPITHTT	14 RRAEEKRKRKKEREKEEEKQ
15 KTLKVLTPPITHTTPNIPPS	15 RKRKKEREKEEEKQIAEYLK
16 TPPITHTTPNIPPSFLQAMR	16 REKEEEKQIAEYLKRKEEEK
17 TTPNIPPSFLQAMRKYSPFR	17 KQIAEYLKRKEEEKARRRRR
18 PSFLQAMRKYSPFRNGYMEP	18 LKRKEEEKARRRRRAEKKAA
19 MRKYSPFRNGYMEPTLGQHL	19 EKARRRRRAEKKAADVARRK
20 FRNGYMEPTLGQHLPTLSFP	20 RRAEKKAADVARRKQEEQER
21 EPTLGQHLPTLSFPDPGLRP	21 AADVARRKQEEQERRERKWR
22 HLPTLSFPDPGLRPQNLYTL	22 RKQEEQERRERKWRQGAEKA
23 FPDPGLRPQNLYTLWGGSVV	23 ERRERKWRQGAEKAKQHSAR
24 RPQNLYTLWGGSVVCMYLYQ	24 WRQGAEKAKQHSARKEKMQE
25 TLWGGSVVCMYLYQLSPPIT	25 KAKQHSARKEKMQELGIDGY
26 VVCMYLYQLSPPITWPLLPH	26 ARKEKMQELGIDGYTRQLEG
27 YQLSPPITWPLLPHVIFCHP	27 QELGIDGYTRQLEGEVESLE
28 ITWPLLPHVIFCHPGQLGAF	28 GYTRQLEGEVESLEAERRKL
29 PHVIFCHPGQLGAFLTNVPY	29 EGEVESLEAERRKLLQEKED
30 HPGQLGAFLTNVPYKRIEEL	30 LEAERRKLLQEKEDLMGEVN
31 AFLTNVPYKRIEELLYKISL	31 KLLQEKEDLMGEVNYWQGRL
32 PYKRIEELLYKISLTTGALI	32 EDLMGEVNYWQGRLEAMWLQ
33 ELLYKISLTTGALIILPEDC	33 TSRVRQSVESRLSLGLFRCLa
34 SLTTGALIILPEDCLPTTLF	34 SVESRLSLGLFRCLPVSCPE
35 LIILPEDCLPTTLFQPARAP	35 SLGLFRCLPVSCPEDLLVEE
36 DCLPTTLFQPARAPVTLTAW	36 MVNFVSVGLFRCLPVSCPEDb
37 LFQPARAPVTLTAWQNGLLP	37 VGLFRCLPVSCPEDLLVEEL
38 APVTLTAWQNGLLPFHSTLT	38 DGLLSLEEELKDKEEEEAVLc
39 AWQNGLLPFHSTLTTPGLIW	39 EEELKDKEEEEAVLDGLLSL
40 LPFHSTLTTPGLIWTFTDGT	40 KEEEEAVLDGLLSLEEESRG
41 LTTPGLIWTFTDGTPMISGP	41 RKRKKEREKEEEKQTAEYLKd
42 IWTFTDGTPMISGPCPKDGQ	42 REKEEEKQTAEYLKRKEEEK
43 GTPMISGPCPKDGQPSLVLQ	43 KQTAEYLKRKEEEKARRRRR
44 GPCPKDGQPSLVLQSSSFIF
45 GQPSLVLQSSSFIFHKFQTK
46 LQSSSFIFHKFQTKAYHPSF
47 IFHKFQTKAYHPSFLLSHGL
48 TKAYHPSFLLSHGLIQYSSF
49 SFLLSHGLIQYSSFHSLHLL
50 GLIQYSSFHSLHLLFEEYTN
51 SFHSLHLLFEEYTNIPISLL
52 LLFEEYTNIPISLLFNEKEA
53 TNIPISLLFNEKEADDNDHE
54 LLFNEKEADDNDHEPQISPG
55 EADDNDHEPQISPGGLEPPS
56 HEPQISPGGLEPPSEKHFRE
57 QISPGGLEPPSEKHFRETEV

NOTE. HTLV-1, human T-lymphotropic virus type 1; HBZ, HTLV-1 basic leucine zipper; VL, viral load; IFN, interferon; IL, interleukin; AC, asymptomatic HTLV-1 carriers.

^aPeptides 33–35 HBZ-SP2 head domain (Cavanagh et al [18]).

^bPeptides 36–37 unspliced HBZ head domain (Cavanagh et al [18]).

^cPeptides 38–40 amino acid change (in bold) from peptides 5–7 (accession no. AB219938).

^dPeptides 41–43 amino acid change (in bold) from peptides 15–17 (accession no. AB219938).