Table 4. Helper T-cell epitopes of the N protein of MERS-CoV selected on the basis of maximum HLA binding alleles.

Epitope core sequence (9 -mer)	Position	No. of binding HLA-DR alleles	Conservancy (%)	Allergenicity
FNMVQAFGL	260–268	173	90	No
LRYSGAIKL	329–337	356	91	No
LQALESGKV	222–230	139	89	No
LNRLQALES	219–227	144	90	No
FMGMSQFKL	306–314	100	91	No
LYLDLLNRL	214–222	160	90	No
IKQLAPRWY	91–99	154	89	No
FLRYSGAIK	328–336	142	91	No
LLYLDLLNR	213–221	110	90	No
VKQSQPKVI	230–238	94	89	No