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ArticleIn silico pharmacology2025

Molecular modeling to design a multiepitope vaccine against emerging tick-borne Yezo virus and its validation through biophysics techniques.

Hassan Ayaz, Muhammad Suleman, Asad Ali Shah, Syed Ainul Abideen, Faisal Ahmad, Muhammad Ali, Sajjad Ahmad, Asia Nawaz, Hanbal Ahmad Khan, Inam Hussain and 2 more

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  2. Solution Structure of Nucleoprotein Domain 1 from the Emerging Yezo Virus.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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Hassan AyazDepartment of Biotechnology, Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad, 45320 Pakistan.
Muhammad SulemanCentre for Biotechnology and Microbiology, University of Swat, Mingora, Swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan.
Asad Ali ShahDepartment of Microbiology, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, 23200 Pakistan.
Syed Ainul AbideenDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Faisal AhmadNational Institute of Health, Islamabad, 44000 Pakistan.
Muhammad AliDepartment of Biotechnology, Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad, 45320 Pakistan.
Sajjad AhmadDepartment of Health and Biological Sciences, Abasyn University, Peshawar, 25000 Pakistan.
Asia NawazDepartment of Biotechnology, Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad, 45320 Pakistan.
Hanbal Ahmad KhanDepartment of Biotechnology, Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad, 45320 Pakistan.
Inam HussainFrontier Pharmaceuticals (PVT) Limited, Peshawar, Pakistan.
Muhammad IrfanASRT, Inc., Atlanta, GA USA.
Yasir WaheedOperational Research Center in Healthcare, Near East University, TRNC Mersin 10, 99138 Nicosia, Turkey.

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Abstract

Globally, tickborne orthonairoviruses are regarded as a danger to public health. The new infectious virus known as Yezo virus, which is spread by tick bites, produces a condition marked by fever and a decrease in leucocytes and blood platelets. We suggest a multiepitope vaccination design that makes use of immunoinformatics technologies to combat this new danger. Sequences from Yezo virus proteins were gathered, and they allowed us to identify T-cell and linear B-cell epitopes. The vaccine design showed good physical and chemical characteristics as well as allergenicity and antigenicity. Simulations of molecular docking revealed robust contact with toll-like receptor 4. The HDOCK server generated the docking scores for protein interactions i.e. -295.74 kcal/mol for the epitopes in combined form: -281.98 kcal/mol by the epitopes obtained from nucleoprotein, and epitopes obtained from the glycoprotein shows - 262.67 kcal/mol in response to TLR4. The dynamic analysis of vaccine binding with these receptors was conducted with regards to interaction energetics and complex stability. Results showed that vaccine construct was stable throughout the simulation time intervals with strong hydrogen bonds interactions with TLR4 receptor residues. Lastly, we hypothesize that the vaccination sequence described here has a great chance of eliciting particular and protective immune responses, pending assessment of further experimental investigation. Graphical abstract:

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Molecular dynamic simulationsMultiepitope subunit vaccineReverse vaccinologyTick born virus

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PMID40487341
PMCPMC12141707

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