Research Article

A Highly Conserved GEQYQQLR Epitope Has Been Identified in the Nucleoprotein of Ebola Virus by Using an In Silico Approach

Table 1

Conserved regions from proteins identified by EBI Clustal Omega program.

SequenceProteinPosition

EGLMHNQDGLICGLRQLANETTQALQLFLRATTELGlycoprotein (GP)545–633
RTFSILNRKAIDFLLQRWGGTCHILGPDCCIEPHDW
TKNITDKIDQIIHDFVDK

DGVKRLEELLPAVSSGKNIKRTLAAMPEEETTEANNucleoprotein (NP)112–419
AGQFLSFASLFLPKLVVGEKACLEKVQRQIQVHAE
QGLIQYPTAWQSVGHMMVIFRLMRTNFLIKFLLIHQ
GMHMVAGHDANDAVISNSVAQARFSGLLIVKTVL
DHILQKTERGVRLHPLARTAKVKNEVNSFKAALSS
LAKHGEYAPFARLLNLSGVNNLEHGLFPQLSAIALG
VATAHGSTLAGVNVGEQYQQLREAATEAEKQLQQ
YAESRELDHLGLDDQEKKILMNFHQKKNEISFQQT
NAMVTLRKERLAKLTEAITAASLPKTSG

GIPDHPLRLLRIGNQAFLQEFVLPPVQLPQYFTFDLTMatrix protein (VP40)141–197
ALKLITQPLPAATWTDDTPT

IHIRSRGDIPRACQKSLRPVPPSPKIDRGWVCVFQLQPolymerase cofactor (VP35)295–340
DGKTLGLKI

LTVPPAPKDICPTLKKGFLCDSSFCKKDHQLESLTDTranscription activator (VP30)62–111
RELLLLIARKTCGS