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ArticlePathogens (Basel, Switzerland)2025

In Silico Targeting and Immunological Profiling of PpiA in

Mohammad J Nasiri, Lily Rogowski, Vishwanath Venketaraman

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Article in Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 authors.

Mohammad J NasiriDepartment of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 19839-69411, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-3279-0671
Lily RogowskiCollege of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA 91766-1854, USA.
Vishwanath VenketaramanCollege of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA 91766-1854, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2586-1160

Funding

Glutathione depletion in the CNS and its effects on Mtb infectionR15HL143545 · NHLBI · WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES · PI VENKETARAMAN, VISHWANATH · 2019 to 2024
$852k
NHLBI NIH HHS R15 HL143545
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tuberculosis (TB) remains a leading cause of mortality, with drug resistance highlighting the need for new vaccine targets. Peptidyl-prolyl isomerase A (PpiA), a conserved Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) protein, plays a role in bacterial stress adaptation and immune evasion, making it a potential target for immunotherapy. This study uses computational methods to assess PpiA's antigenicity, structural integrity, and immunogenic potential. The PpiA sequence was retrieved from NCBI and analyzed for antigenicity and allergenicity using VaxiJen, AllerTOP, and AllergenFP. Physicochemical properties were evaluated using ProtParam, and structural models were generated through PSIPRED and SWISS-MODEL. Structural validation was performed with MolProbity, QMEANDisCo, and ProSA-Web. B-cell epitopes were predicted using BepiPred 2.0 and IEDB, while T-cell epitopes were mapped via IEDB's MHC-I and MHC-II tools. Epitope conservation across Mtb strains was confirmed using ConSurf. Results indicate PpiA is highly antigenic, non-allergenic, and stable, with several immunogenic epitopes identified for both B- and T-cells. This study supports PpiA as a promising immunogenic target for TB vaccine development.

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Bacterial ProteinsMycobacterium tuberculosisAntigens, BacterialComputational BiologyComputer SimulationEpitopes, B-LymphocyteEpitopes, T-LymphocyteHumansTuberculosisTuberculosis VaccinesAntigens, BacterialBacterial ProteinsEpitopes, B-LymphocyteEpitopes, T-LymphocyteTuberculosis VaccinesantigenicityB-cell epitopesepitope predictionimmunoinformaticpeptidyl-prolyl isomerase A (PpiA)T-cell epitopestuberculosis vaccine

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PMID40333132
PMCPMC12030337

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