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. 2022 Jan 31;13:830497. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.830497

Table 2.

Linkers and helper peptides used in peptide-based vaccine construction.

Reference Helper peptides Sequence of helper peptides Linker for helper peptides Linkers for epitopes Diseases or pathogen
CTL HTL B cell
(144) TLR2 agonist ESAT6 MTEQQWNFAGIEAAASAIQGNVTSIHSLLDEGKQSLTKLAAAWGGSGSEAYQGVQQKWDATATELNNALQNLARTISEAGQAMASTEGNVTGMFA EAAAK AAY TB
(145) TLR2 agonist PSMα4 MAIVGTIIKIIKAIIDIFAK EAAAK Alternately linked by GPGPG and AAY TB
(115, 146) TLR-2 agonist Pam2Cys FNNFTVSFWLRVPKVSASHLE NA NA NA NA TB
(147) TLR2 agonist PorB IALTLAALPVAAMADVTLYGTIKAGVETSRSVAHNGAQAASVETGTGIVDLGSKIGFKGQEDLGNGLKAIWQVEQ KASIAGTDSGWGNRQSFIGLKGGFGK EAAAK AAY GPGPG Streptococcus pneumoniae
(148) TLR2 agonist PorB and helper epitope PADRE PorB (IALTLAALPVAAMADVTLYGTIKAGVETSRSVAHNGAQAASVETGTGIVDLGSKIGFKGQEDLGNGLKAIWQVEQ KASIAGTDSGWGNRQSFIGLKGGFGK), and PADRE (AGLFQRHGEGTKATVGEPV) EAAAK GPGPG AAY Neisseria meningitidis
(149) TLR4 agonist RpfE (Rv2450c) LKNARTTLIAAAIAGTLVTTSPAGIANADDAGLDPNAAAGPDAVGFDPNLPPAPDAAPVDTPPAPEDAGFDPNLPPPLAPDFLSPPAEEAPPVPVAYSVNWDAIAQCESGGNWSINTGNGYYGGLRFTAGTWRANGGSGSAANASREEQIRVAENVLRSQGIRAWPVCGRRG EAAAK AAY GPGPG KK TB
(150) TLR4 agonist RplL MAKLSTDELLDAFKEMTLLELSDFVKKFEETFEVTAAAPVAVAAAGAAPAGAAVEAAEEQSEFDVILEAAGDKKIGVIKVVREIVSGLGLKEAKDLVDGAPKPLLEKVAKEAADEAKAKLEAAGATVTVK EAAAK AAY GPGPG KK TB
(151) TLR4 agonist RplL and PADRE RplL (MAKLSTDELLDAFKEMTLLELSDFVKKFEETFEVTAAAPVAVAAAGAAPAGAAVEAAEEQSEFDVILEAAGDKKIGVIKVVREIVSGLGLKEAKDLVDGAPKPLLEKVAKEAADEAKAKLEAAGATVTVK), PADRE (AGLFQRHGEGTKATVGEPV) EAAAK GPGPG HEYGAEALERAG Schistosoma mansoni
(152) TLR4 agonist RplL MAKLSTDELLDAFKEMTLLELSDFVKKFEETFEVTAAAPVAVAAAGAAPAGAAVEAAEEQSEFDVILEAAGDKKIGVIKVVREIVSGLGLKEAKDLVDGAPKPLLEKVAKEAADEAKAKLEAAGATVTVK EAAAK AAY GPGPG KK Staphylococcus aureus
(153) TLR4 agonist RplL MAKLSTDELLDAFKEMTLLELSDFVKKFEETFEVTAAAPVAVAAAGAAPAGAAVEAAEEQSEFDVILEAAGDKKIGVIKVVREIVSGLGLKEAKDLVDGAPKPLLEKVAKEAADEAKAKLEAAGATVTVK EAAAK AAY GPGPG Helicobacter pylori
(154) TLR4 agonist RplL MAKLSTDELLDAFKEMTLLELSDFVKKFEETFEVTAAAPVAVAAAGAAPAGAAVEAAEEQSEFDVILEAAGDKKIGVIKVVREIVSGLGLKEAKDLVDGAPKPLLEKVAKEAADEAKAKLEAAGATVTVK EAAAK AAY GPGPG KK Leishmania parasite
(155) TLR4 agonist RplL MAKLSTDELLDAFKEMTLLELSDFVKKFEETFEVTAAAPVAVAAAGAAPAGAAVEAAEEQSEFDVILEAAGDKKIGVIKVVREIVSGLGLKEAKDLVDGAPKPLLEKVAKEAADEAKAKLEAAGATVTVK EAAAK AAY GPGPG Onchocerca volvulus
(22) TLR4 agonist RplL MAKLSTDELLDAFKEMTLLELSDFVKKFEETFEVTAAAPVAVAAAGAAPAGAAVEAAEEQSEFDVILEAAGDKKIGVIKVVREIVSGLGLKEAKDLVDGAPKPLLEKVAKEAADEAKAKLEAAGATVTVK EAAAK GPGPG AAY Schistosoma mansoni
(156) TLR4 agonist HBHA and helper epitope PADRE HBHA (MAENSNIDDIKAPLLAALGAADLALATVNELITNLRERAEETRTDTRSRVEESRARLTKLQEDLPEQLTELREKFTAEELRKAAEGYLEAATSRYNELVERGEAALERLRSQQSFEEVSARAEGYVDQAVELTQEALGTVASQTRAVGERAAKLVGIEL), PADRE (AGLFQRHGEGTKATVGEPV) EAAAK GPGPG GPGPG Melanoma
(157) TLR4 agonist CTB MTPQNITDLCAEYHNTQIYTLNDKIFSYTESLAGKREMAIITFKNGAIFQVEVPGSQHIDQKKAIERMKDTLRIAYLTEAKVEKLCVWNNKTPHAIAAISMAN EAAAK GPGPG Brucellosis
(158) TLR4 agonist CTB MTPQNITDLCAEYHNTQIYTLNDKIFSYTESLAGKREMAIITFKNGAIFQVEVPGSQHIDSQKKAIERMKDTLRIAYLTEAKVEKLCVWNNKTPHAIAAISMAN EAAAK GPGPG Vibrio cholerae
(159) TLR4 agonist CTB MTPQNITDLCAEYHNTQIHTLNDKIFSYTESLAGKREMAIITFKNGATFQVEVPGSQHIDSQKKAIERMKDTLRIAYLTEAKVEKLCVWNNKTPHAIAAISMAN GPGPG GPGPG GPGPG KK Helicobacter pylori
(160) TLR-4 agonist RS-09 APPHALS EAAAK AAY GPGPG TB
(161) Hsp70, TR-433, and TLR-4 agonist RS-09 Hsp70 (NTTIPTKRSETFTTADDNQPSVQIQVYQGEREIAAHNKFDIDANGIVHVTAKKDKGTGKENTAHAEEDRKRREEADVRNQAKFVKEQREAEGGSKV), TR-433 (NLKQMSEFSVFLSLRNLIYL), and RS-09 (APPHALS) EAAAK AAY GPGPG KK SARS-CoV-2
(162) HBD-1 MRTSYLLLFTLCLLLSEMASGGNFLTGLGHRSDHYNCVSSGGQCLYSACPIFTKIQGTCYRGKAKCCK EAAAK AAY GPGPG KK SARS-CoV-2
(163) HBD-2 MRVLYLLFSFLFIFLMPLPGVFGGIGDPVTCLKSGAICHPVFCPRRYKQIGTCGLPGTKCCKKP EAAAK GPGPG HIV
(164) HBD-3 GIINTLQKYYCRVRGGRCAVLSCLPKEEQIGKCSTRGRKCCRRKK EAAAK AAY GPGPG Zika virus
(165) HBD-3 GIINTLQKYYCRVRGGRCAVLSCLPKEEQIGKCSTRGRKCCRRKK EAAAK AAY GGGS KK Chandipura virus
(166) HBD-3 GIINTLQKYYCRVRGGRCAVLSCLPKEEQIGKCSTRGRKCCRRKK EAAAK AAY GPGPG SARS-CoV-2
(167) HBD-3 GIINTLQKYYCRVRGGRCAVLSCLPKEEQIGKCSTRGRKCCRRKK EAAAK GGGS SARS-CoV-2
(19) HBD-3 GIINTLQKYYCRVRGGRCAVLSCLPKEEQIGKCSTRGRKCCRRKK EAAAK AAY GPGPG KK SARS-CoV-2
(84) Griselimycin VPSLPLVPLG EAAAK AAY GPGPG GPGPG TB

CTB, Cholera toxin subunit B; HBHA, Heparin Binding Hemagglutinin; HDB, human β-defensin; PADRE, Pan human leukocyte antigen-DR reactive epitope; PSMα4, Phenol-soluble modulin α4; RplL, 50S ribosomal protein L7/L12; TLR: Toll-like receptor.