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. 2014 Sep 29;9(9):e108446. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108446

Table 1. Diverse and representative peptide set.

Peptide Sequence Length Details Strain/Clade Genebank ID Origin
1 LRDKKQRVYSLFYKLDVVQIN 21 amino acids Highest polarity V2 most soluble QB585.2102M.Ev1v5.C Clade A ACS26794 Kenya
2 IRDKVQKEYALFYKLDVVPID 21 amino acids Most commonly occurring 878v3_2475Clade B EU184191 US
3 LRDKKQQVYSLFYRLDIEKIN 21 amino acids Highest polarity of most common length 01TZA341Clade A AY253314 Tanzania
4 IRDKKQKEYALFYKLDVVPID 21 amino acids Published consensus V2 N/A N/A N/A

The sequences of the four peptides selected to represent the V2 loop region for a variety of HIV-1 viruses. Peptide 1 represents the most polar V2 peptide, Peptide 2 the most commonly occurring peptide, Peptide 3 the most polar peptide of the most common length, and Peptide 4 the published consensus V2 peptide.