Research Article

The Autoantigenic Proinsulin B-Chain Peptide B11-23 Synergises with the 70 kDa Heat Shock Protein DnaK in Macrophage Stimulation

Table 1

Amino acid sequences of peptides.

Proinsulin peptideAA sequence
OriginPeptide

A-chainA8-20TSICSLYQLENYC
B-chainB11-23LVEALYLVCGERG
B-chainB18-30VCGERGFFYTPKT
C-peptideC8-20GQVELGGGPGAGS
C-peptideC19-31GSLQPLALEGSLQ

Amino acid sequences of selected 13mer peptides derived from proinsulin (A- or B-chain or C-peptide) [13, 17].