Research Article

Peptide Mimicrying Between SARS Coronavirus Spike Protein and Human Proteins Reacts with SARS Patient Serum

Table 1

Amino acid sequence of the eleven synthetic peptides *Extra amino acid residues which were indicated by italic letters were added at either N- or C-terminus to decrease the hydrophobicity.

PeptideAmino acid positionsAmino acid sequenceNo. of amino acids

D01199–210GYQPIDVVRDLG12
D02658–669ASYHTVSLLRSTSQK15
D03733–744EEGNLLLQYGSFCTQ15
D04745–753EELNRALSGIAAGQ13
D05763–770VFAQVKQM8
D06911–919KAISQIQESLTTE13
D07927–937GLGKLQDVVNQNGE14
D08942–951ALNTLVKQLSSN12
D091154–1162INASVVNIQK10
D10490–502GYQPYRVVVLSFEE14
D11306–317GFRVVPSGDVVRF13