Table 5.

Selected B-cell epitopes.

The B-cell epitopes were predicted using BCPREDS web-based tool and were validated by BepiPred 2.0 software. Epitopes are represented as BCPREDS predicted. Green colored epitopes were predicted by BepiPred. Additionally, underlined amino acids are structurally coiled whereas the amino acids (not underlined) are structurally helix. For surface accessibility, subscripted amino acids are buried as against the exposed amino acids. VC viral component; Pos. position; B-score BCPred score, A-score ABCpred score, AT-score antigenicity score. For antigenicity prediction, the threshold was set to 0.4, which implies that any predicted epitope with antigenicity score ≥ 0.4 is said to be antigenic. In addition, regions of the B-cell epitopes predicted by SVMTrip with a score of 1.00 were italicized.