Table 1.

Amino acid sequence of synthetic peptides of PPE44 used in this study

Peptide (position)	Amino acid sequence
p1L (1-20)	VDFGALPPEVNSARMYGGAG
p2L (11-30)	NSARMYGGAGAADLLAAAAA
p4L (31-50)	WNGIAVEVSTAASSVGSVIT
p5L (41-60)	AASSVGSVITRLSTEHWMGP
p6L (51-70)	RLSTEHWMGPASLSMAAAVQ
p9L (81-100)	ESSALAAAQAMASAAAFETA
p10L (91-110)	MASAAAFETAFALTVPPAEV
p11L (101-120)	FALTVPPAEVVANRALLAEL
p12L (111-130)	VANRALLAELTATNILGQNV
p13L (121-140)	TATNILGQNVSAIAATEARY
p14L (131-150)	SAIAATEARYGEMWAQDASA
p15L (141-160)	GEMWAQDASAMYGYAAASAV
p16L (151-170)	MYGYAAASAVAARLNPLTRP
p17L (161-180)	AARLNPLTRPSHITNPAGLA
p18L (171-190)	SHITNPAGLA HQAAAVGQAG
p20L (191-210)	ASAFARQVGLSHLISDVADA
p21L (201-220)	SHLISDVADAVLSFASPVMS
p22L (211-230)	VLSFASPVMSAADTGLEAVR
p23L (221-240)	AADTGLEAVRQFLNLDVPLF
p24L (231-250)	QFLNLDVPLFVESAFHGLGG
p25L (241-260)	VESAFHGLGGVADFATAAIG
p27L (261-280)	NMTLLADAMGTVGGAAPGGG
p28L (271-290)	TVGGAAPGGGAAAAVAHAVA
p29L (281-300)	AAAAVAHAVAPAGVGGTALT
p30L (291-310)	PAGVGGTALTADLGNASVVG
p31L (301-320)	ADLGNASVVGRLSVPASWST
p32L (311-330)	RLSVPASWSTAAPATAAGAA
p33L (321-340)	AAPATAAGAALDGTGWAVPE
p34L (331-350)	LDGTGWAVPEEDGPIAVMPP
p35L (341-360)	EDGPIAVMPPAPGMVVAANS
p36L (351-370)	APGMVVAANSVGADSGPRYG
p37L (363-382)	ADSGPRYGVKPIVMPKHGLF