Table 3. Probabilities of randomness of the observed amino acid enrichment in selected internal or flanking positions of HLA-B*08:01 epitopes.
Nomenclature of positions is as in Fig 8. Probabilities (p) were calculated by Fisher's exact test. No correction for multiple testing was performed.
position | amino acid | occurrence in epitopes | occurrence in non-epitopes | p | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
N7 | L | 6 | 28 | 0.0048 | |
other | 10 | 255 | |||
C1 | L | 12 | 108 | 0.0067 | |
other | 4 | 175 | |||
N2' | K | 4 | 14 | 0.0107 | |
other | 12 | 269 | |||
N2' | RKH | 6 | 35 | 0.0129 | |
other | 10 | 248 | |||
N2' | RKHCSTNQ | 13 | 108 | 0.0010 | |
other | 3 | 175 | |||
N1' | E | 4 | 13 | 0.0086 | |
other | 12 | 270 | |||
C1' | S | 6 | 22 | 0.0016 | |
other | 10 | 261 | |||
C1' | CSTNQ | 10 | 59 | 0.0006 | |
other | 6 | 224 | |||
C1' | RKHCSTNQ | 12 | 104 | 0.0032 | |
other | 4 | 179 | |||
C2' | K | 5 | 13 | 0.0013 | |
other | 11 | 270 | |||
C2' | RKH | 7 | 39 | 0.0050 | |
other | 9 | 244 |