Table 5.

B cell epitope prediction from H, M, F, and N proteins; the position of peptides is according to the position of amino acids in the protein of the PPR virus.

H protein	Peptide	Start	End	Length	Emini 1.000	Kolaskar 1.041
1	PHNK	16	19	4	2.683	0.969
2	SIDHQ	83	87	5	1.169	1.03
3	PPERV#	142	146	5	1.904	1.047
4	TVTL	305	308	4	0.505	1.113
5	TLGG	330	333	4	0.462	0.977
6	EANWVVPSTDVRDLQ	362	376	15	1.022	1.039
7	KTRPPSFCNGTG	387	398	12	1.314	0.982
8	GPWSEGRIP	400	408	9	1.023	0.962
9	DVSR	530	533	4	1.29	1.034
M protein	Peptide	Start	End	Length	Emini 1.000	Kolaskar 1.037
1	SAWDV	10	14	5	0.533	1.044
2	GDRK	43	46	4	2.478	0.886
3	EDNDPLSP∗	60	67	8	3.167	0.969
4	DPLSP∗#	63	67	5	1.332	1.051
5	VGRT	69	72	4	0.795	1.01
6	PEEL	87	90	4	1.464	1.004
7	DNGYYS∗	167	172	6	2.116	0.975
8	INDD	325	328	4	1.203	0.915
F protein	Peptide	Start	End	Length	Emini 1.000	Kolaskar 1.054
1	TGSA	34	37	4	0.867	0.965
2	SNQA	153	156	4	1.691	0.967
3	SLRDP	216	220	5	2.058	1.013
4	QEWYT	305	309	5	2.625	0.966
5	VFTP	331	334	4	0.643	1.112
6	GTVC	336	339	4	0.255	1.144
7	GSTKS	357	361	5	1.888	0.947
8	QDPDK	402	406	5	5.498	0.948
9	VGSREYPD	428	435	8	2.837	1.01
10	LKPDLTGTSKS	531	541	11	3.269	0.996
N protein	Peptide	Start	End	Length	Emini 1.000	Kolaskar 1.014
1	DKAPTASGSGGAI∗	16	28	13	0.249	0.981
2	IPGDSSI	39	45	7	0.345	1.019
3	GDPDINGS	60	67	8	0.735	0.935
4	TDDPDV	92	97	6	1.569	0.992
5	STRSQS	107	112	6	2.397	0.972
6	GADLD∗	120	124	5	0.619	0.984
7	VTAPDTAADS	182	191	10	0.594	1.02
8	RTPGNKPR	242	249	8	4.853	0.92
9	KFSA	323	326	4	0.83	1.024
10	RGTGPRQA∗	408	415	8	1.69	0.943

^∗Peptides revealed a higher score if they were shortened in all tools. ^#Epitopes that passed all the B cell prediction methods and were proposed as B cell epitopes.