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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Epitope-Based Immunoinformatics Approach on Nucleocapsid Protein of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus-2.

Ahmed Rakib, Saad Ahmed Sami, Md Ashiqul Islam, Shahriar Ahmed, Farhana Binta Faiz, Bibi Humayra Khanam, Kay Kay Shain Marma, Maksuda Rahman, Mir Muhammad Nasir Uddin, Firzan Nainu and 2 more

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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38 citing papers in PubMed, 49 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Ahmed RakibDepartment of Pharmacy, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Chittagong, Chittagong 4331, Bangladesh.ORCID 0000-0003-3335-0368
Saad Ahmed SamiDepartment of Pharmacy, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Chittagong, Chittagong 4331, Bangladesh.
Md Ashiqul IslamDepartment of Pharmacy, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Chittagong, Chittagong 4331, Bangladesh.
Shahriar AhmedDepartment of Pharmacy, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Chittagong, Chittagong 4331, Bangladesh.
Farhana Binta FaizDepartment of Pharmacy, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Chittagong, Chittagong 4331, Bangladesh.
Bibi Humayra KhanamDepartment of Pharmacy, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Chittagong, Chittagong 4331, Bangladesh.
Kay Kay Shain MarmaDepartment of Pharmacy, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Chittagong, Chittagong 4331, Bangladesh.
Maksuda RahmanDepartment of Pharmacy, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Chittagong, Chittagong 4331, Bangladesh.
Mir Muhammad Nasir UddinDepartment of Pharmacy, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Chittagong, Chittagong 4331, Bangladesh.
Firzan NainuFaculty of Pharmacy, Hasanuddin University, Tamalanrea, Kota Makassar, Sulawesi Selatan 90245, Indonesia.ORCID 0000-0003-0989-4023
Talha Bin EmranDepartment of Pharmacy, BGC Trust University Bangladesh, Chittagong 4381, Bangladesh.ORCID 0000-0003-3188-2272
Jesus Simal-GandaraNutrition and Bromatology Group, Department of Analytical and Food Chemistry, Faculty of Food Science and Technology, University of Vigo-Ourense Campus, E32004 Ourense, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-9215-9737
University of Chittagong · BDBGC Trust University Bangladesh · BDHasanuddin University · IDMawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University · BDUniversidade de Vigo · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

With an increasing fatality rate, severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) has emerged as a promising threat to human health worldwide. Recently, the World Health Organization (WHO) has announced the infectious disease caused by SARS-CoV-2, which is known as coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-2019), as a global pandemic. Additionally, the positive cases are still following an upward trend worldwide and as a corollary, there is a need for a potential vaccine to impede the progression of the disease. Lately, it has been documented that the nucleocapsid (N) protein of SARS-CoV-2 is responsible for viral replication and interferes with host immune responses. We comparatively analyzed the sequences of N protein of SARS-CoV-2 for the identification of core attributes and analyzed the ancestry through phylogenetic analysis. Subsequently, we predicted the most immunogenic epitope for the T-cell and B-cell. Importantly, our investigation mainly focused on major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I potential peptides and NTASWFTAL interacted with most human leukocyte antigen (HLA) that are encoded by MHC class I molecules. Further, molecular docking analysis unveiled that NTASWFTAL possessed a greater affinity towards HLA and also available in a greater range of the population. Our study provides a consolidated base for vaccine design and we hope that this computational analysis will pave the way for designing novel vaccine candidates.

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Amino Acid SequenceBetacoronavirusCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCoronavirus InfectionsCoronavirus Nucleocapsid ProteinsCOVID-19 VaccinesDrug HypersensitivityEpitopes, B-LymphocyteEpitopes, T-LymphocyteHistocompatibility Antigens Class IHumansModels, MolecularMolecular Docking SimulationNucleocapsid ProteinsPeptide FragmentsPhosphoproteinsCoronavirus Nucleocapsid ProteinsCOVID-19 VaccinesEpitopes, B-LymphocyteEpitopes, T-LymphocyteHistocompatibility Antigens Class Inucleocapsid phosphoprotein, SARS-CoV-2Nucleocapsid ProteinsPeptide FragmentsPhosphoproteinsViral VaccinesbioinformaticsCOVID-19epitopeimmunoinformaticsnucleocapsid proteinSARS-CoV-2vaccine

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PMID33147821
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