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. 2020 Mar 5;31(1):13–21. doi: 10.1007/s13337-020-00571-5

Table 2.

Comparison of antigenicity between spike glycoproteins of 2019-nCoV and SARS-CoV strains

Antigenicity
2019-nCoV SARS-CoV
Peptides (IEDB) Peptides (NetCTL 1.2) Position (start) Peptides (IEDB) Peptides (NetCTL 1.2) Position (start)
NSFTRGVYY NSFTRGVYY 30 FDDVQAPNY FDDVQAPNY 22
STQDLFLPF STQDLFLPF 50 HTSSMRGVY HTSSMRGVY 33
VLPFNDGVY VLPFNDGVY 83 TSSMRGVYY TSSMRGVYY 34
CNDPFLGVY CNDPFLGVY 136 EIFRSDTLY EIFRSDTLY 45
WMESEFRVY WMESEFRVY 152 RSDTLYLTQ RSDTLYLTQ 48
YSSANNCTF YSSANNCTF 160 LTQDLFLPF LTQDLFLPF 54
SANNCTFEY SANNCTFEY 162 TQDLFLPFY TQDLFLPFY 55
FVFKNIDGY FVFKNIDGY 192 VIPFKDGIY VIPFKDGIY 80
NIDGYFKIY NIDGYFKIY 196 HTMIFDNAF HTMIFDNAF 149
WTAGAAAYY WTAGAAAYY 258 NAFNCTFEY NAFNCTFEY 155
GAAAYYVGY GAAAYYVGY 261 ISDAFSLDV ISDAFSLDV 164
ITDAVDCAL ITDAVDCAL 285 FKNKDGFLY FKNKDGFLY 187
LSETKCTLK LSETKCTLK 296 NKDGFLYVY NKDGFLYVY 189
NATRFASVY NATRFASVY 343 GTSAAAYFV GTSAAAYFV 246
RISNCVADY RISNCVADY 357 SAAAYFVGY SAAAYFVGY 248
CVADYSVLY CVADYSVLY 361 NATKFPSVY NATKFPSVY 330
NSASFSTFK NSASFSTFK 370 RISNCVADY RISNCVADY 344
ASFSTFKCY ASFSTFKCY 372 CVADYSVLY CVADYSVLY 348
FTNVYADSF FTNVYADSF 392 TSFSTFKCY TSFSTFKCY 359
VGGNYNYLY VGGNYNYLY 445 FSNVYADSF FSNVYADSF 379
ERDISTEIY ERDISTEIY 465 ATSTGNYNY ATSTGNYNY 430
TSNQVAVLY TSNQVAVLY 604 STGNYNYKY STGNYNYKY 432
YQDVNCTEV YQDVNCTEV 612 CTPPAPNCY CTPPAPNCY 467
QLTPTWRVY QLTPTWRVY 628 FYTTSGIGY FYTTSGIGY 483
AEHVNNSY AEHVNNSY 653 TSGIGYQPY TSGIGYQPY 486
VASQSIIAY VASQSIIAY 687 FTDSVRDPK FTDSVRDPK 558
KTSVDCTMY* KTSVDCTMY* 733 ASSEVAVLY ASSEVAVLY 590
STECSNLLL* STECSNLLL* 746 SSEVAVLYQ SSEVAVLYQ 591
ECSNLLLQY* ECSNLLLQY* 748 CTDVSTLIH CTDVSTLIH 603
RSFIEDLLF RSFIEDLLF 815 QLTPAWRIY QLTPAWRIY 614
LTDEMIAQY* LTDEMIAQY* 865 GAEHVDTSY GAEHVDTSY 638
GTITSGWTF GTITSGWTF 880 TSQKSIVAY TSQKSIVAY 669
RVDFCGKGY RVDFCGKGY 1039 LGADSSIAY LGADSSIAY 681
FVSNGTHWF FVSNGTHWF 1095 KTSVDCNMY* KTSVDCNMY* 715
VSNGTHWFV VSNGTHWFV 1096 STECANLLL* STECANLLL* 728
MTSCCSCLK MTSCCSCLK 1237 ECANLLLQY* ECANLLLQY* 730
VLKGVKLHY VLKGVKLHY 1264 RSFIEDLLF RSFIEDLLF 797
LTDDMIAAY* LTDDMIAAY* 847
GTATAGWTF GTATAGWTF 862
TTSTALGKL TTSTALGKL 922
RVDFCGKGY RVDFCGKGY 1021
MTSCCSCLK MTSCCSCLK 1219
VLKGVKLHY VLKGVKLHY 1246

The table shows a comparison of predicted CTL epitopes in Spike glycoprotein of Wuhan-Hu-1-2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) and SARS coronavirus-2003(SARS-CoV) strains. Epitopes were generated by NetCTL 1.2 [22] and validated by IEDB Analysis Resource server [23] where scores > 1.25 shows highest sensitivity and specificity towards MHC class I. Italics indicates the identical CTL epitopes

*Italics showing common epitopes with one amino acid change between the two spike glycoproteins