Table 3.
Characteristics of the shortlisted SARS-CoV-2 linear B cell epitopes obtained by the BepiPred method.
| SARS-CoV-2a protein | Peptide length, amino acids | Conservancy (%) | Overlapping B cell epitope | Toxicity |
| M proteinb | 12 | 471/477 (98.74) | KLGASQRVAGDS | Nontoxic |
| N proteinc | 42 | 483/498 (96.99) | RLNQLESKMSGKGQQQQGQTVTKKSAAEASK KPRQKRTATKA |
Nontoxic |
| ORF1ab | 20 | 455/456 (99.78) | GTTQTACTDDNALAYYNTTK | Nontoxic |
| ORF3a | 12 | 478/481 (99.37) | QGEIKDATPSDF | Nontoxic |
| ORF3a | 6 | 471/481 (97.92) | PYNSVT | Nontoxic |
| ORF7a | 9 | 479/480 (99.79) | LYHYQECVR | Nontoxic |
| ORF7a | 26 | 470/480 (97.92) | VKHVYQLRARSVSPKLFIRQEEVQEL | Nontoxic |
| ORF8 | 23 | 460/480 (95.83) | QSCTQHQPYVVDDPCPIHFYSKW | Nontoxic |
| ORF8 | 9 | 476/480 (99.17) | RVGARKSAP | Nontoxic |
| S proteind | 11 | 470/472 (99.58) | TPGDSSSGWTA | Nontoxic |
| S protein | 35 | 470/472 (99.58) | FPNITNLCPFGEVFNATRFASVYAWNRKRISNCVA | Nontoxic |
| S protein | 62 | 454/472 (96.19) | NLDSKVGGNYNYLYRLFRKSNLKPFERDISTEIY QAGSTPCNGVEGFNCYFPLQSYGFQPTN |
Nontoxic |
aSARS-CoV-2: severe acute resipiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.
bM protein: membrane protein.
cN protein: nucleocapsid protein
dS protein: surface protein.