Table 1. Comparison of peptide clade-B consensus sequence and autologous sequence (WT and mutants) corresponding to the Nef-specific CD8 T-cell responses detected in study subjects.
Clade B Nef Consensus | #039 Nef Autologous (High Viremic) | #016 Nef Autologous (Low Viremic) | |||||||
Primary & Chronic Phases | Primary Phase day 92 (WT) | Chronic Phase day 448 (Mutants) | Primary Phase day 155 (WT) | Chronic Phase day 372 (Mutants) | |||||
Name | Peptide Sequence | Name | Peptide Sequence | Name | Peptide Sequence | Name | Peptide Sequence | Name | Peptide Sequence |
5140 | WSKRSVVGWPTVRER | 5140c | WSKRSVPGWNTIRER | 5140q | WSKRGVPGWNTIRER | ||||
5140d | WSKRSVPGWNIIRER | ||||||||
5140f | WSKRSVPGWNAIRER | ||||||||
5140h | WSKRSVPGWNVIRER | ||||||||
5141 | SVVGWPTVRERMRRA | 5141c | SVPGWNTIRERIRRA | 5141q | GVPGWNTIRERIRRA | ||||
5141d | SVPGWNIIRERIRRA | ||||||||
5141h | SVPGWNVIRERIRRA | ||||||||
5145 | PAADGVGAVSRDLEK | 5145a | PAADGVGAASQDLAK | ||||||
5149 | GAITSSNTAANNADC | 5149a | GAITSSNTAATNADC | 5149b | GAITSSNTAATNDDC | ||||
5151 | AANNADCAWLEAQEE | 5151a | AATNADCAWLEAHEE | 5151b | AATNDDCAWLEAHEE | ||||
5152 | ADCAWLEAQEEEEVG | 5152a | ADCAWLEAHEEEEVG | 5152b | DDCAWLEAHEEEEVG | ||||
5153 | WLEAQEEEEVGFPVR | 5153c | WLEAQEEEEVGFPVK | ||||||
5156 | PVRPQVPLRPMTYKA | 5156c | PVKPQVPLRPMTYKG | ||||||
5157 | QVPLRPMTYKAAVDL | 5157c | QVPLRPMTYKGALDL | ||||||
5158 | RPMTYKAAVDLSHFL | 5158a | RPMTYKGAVDLSHFL | ||||||
5159 | YKAAVDLSHFLKEKG | 5159a | YKGAVDLSHFLKEEG | 5159c | YKGALDLSHFLKEKG | ||||
5160 | VDLSHFLKEKGGLEG | 5160a | VDLSHFLKEEGGLEG | ||||||
5161 | HFLKEKGGLEGLIYS | 5161a | HFLKEEGGLEGLVWS | ||||||
5162 | EKGGLEGLIYSQKRQ | 5162c | EKGGLEGLIYSQQRQ | ||||||
5167 | WVYHTQGYFPDWQNY | 5167 * | WVYHTQGYFPDWQNY | 5167 * | WVYHTQGYFPDWQNY | 5167q | WVYHTEGYFPDWQNY | ||
5169 | FPDWQNYTPGPGIRY | 5169a | FPDWQNYTPGPGVRY | ||||||
5170 | QNYTPGPGIRYPLTF | 5170a | QNYTPGPGVRYPLTF | ||||||
5171 | PGPGIRYPLTFGWCF | 5171a | PGPGVRYPLTFGWCF | 5171b | PGPGVRYPLTFGWCY | ||||
5172 | IRYPLTFGWCFKLVP | 5172a | VRYPLTFGWCFKLVP | 5172b | VRYPLTFGWCYKLVP | ||||
5173 | LTFGWCFKLVPVEPE | 5173a | LTFGWCFKLVPMEED | 5173b | LTFGWCYKLVPMEED | ||||
5178 | NEGENNSLLHPMSLH | 5178a | NAGENNSLLHPICQH | ||||||
5179 | NNSLLHPMSLHGMDD | 5179a | NNSLLHPICQHGIDD |
shows that the consensus and the autologous peptides had similar a. a. sequences, and a.a differences between consensus and autologous sequences are shown in bold.