Research Article

Computational Clues of Immunogenic Hotspots in Plasmodium falciparum Erythrocytic Stage Vaccine Candidate Antigens: In Silico Approach

Table 3

Prediction results for secondary structures of 14 selected erythrocytic stage P. falciparum antigens, using Garnier–Osguthorpe–Robson (GOR IV) server.

Secondary structureAMA1CyRPAEba175MSP1MSP3MSP4MSP6Ralp1RESARh5RiprRon2Sera5Sera8

Alpha helix139 (22.35)29 (8.01)428 (29.83)789 (48.14)278 (70.56)100 (36.76)138 (32.32)275 (40.62)544 (50.70)210 (39.92)106 (9.76)667 (48.72)201 (20.16)136 (19.71)
Extended strand91 (14.63)134 (37.02)236 (16.45)179 (10.92)34 (8.63)46 (16.91)55 (12.88)95 (14.03)109 (10.16)74 (14.07)318 (29.28)175 (12.78)224 (22.47)171 (24.78)
Random coil392 (63.02)199 (54.97)771 (53.73)671 (40.94)82 (20.81)126 (46.32)234 (54.8)307 (45.35)420 (39.14)242 (46.01)662 (60.96)527 (38.5)572 (57.37)383 (55.51)