1. Predicted 3D model of the M protein of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus and analysis of its immunogenic potential.
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Rodríguez-Enríquez, Alan, Herrera-Camacho, Irma, Millán-Pérez-Peña, Lourdes, Reyes-Leyva, Julio, Santos-López, Gerardo, Rivera-Benítez, José Francisco, and Rosas-Murrieta, Nora Hilda
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PORCINE epidemic diarrhea virus ,PROTEIN models ,MEMBRANE proteins ,TYPE I interferons ,VIRAL envelope proteins ,T cells ,VIRAL proteins ,VIRAL envelopes - Abstract
The membrane protein M of the Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus (PEDV) is the most abundant component of the viral envelope. The M protein plays a central role in the morphogenesis and assembly of the virus through protein interactions of the M-M, M-Spike (S) and M-nucleocapsid (N) type. The M protein is known to induce protective antibodies in pigs and to participate in the antagonistic response of the cellular antiviral system coordinated by the type I and type III interferon pathways. The 3D structure of the PEDV M protein is still unknown. The present work exposes a predicted 3D model of the M protein generated using the Robetta protocol. The M protein model is organized into a transmembrane and a globular region. The obtained 3D model of the PEDV M protein was compared with 3D models of the SARS-CoV-2 M protein created using neural networks and with initial machine learning-based models created using trRosetta. The 3D model of the present study predicted four linear B-cell epitopes (RSVNASSGTG and KHGDYSAVSNPSALT peptides are noteworthy), six discontinuous B-cell epitopes, forty weak binding and fourteen strong binding T-cell epitopes in the CV777 M protein. A high degree of conservation of the epitopes predicted in the PEDV M protein was observed among different PEDV strains isolated in different countries. The data suggest that the M protein could be a potential candidate for the development of new treatments or strategies that activate protective cellular mechanisms against viral diseases. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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