Table 2 GAS peptide antigen properties

From: A synthetic cyclic peptide for promoting antigen presentation and immune activation

Peptide Antigen

Peptide Sequence

Sequence Length/% Ratio Hydrophilic Residues

Net Charge at pH 7.0

Predicted Secondary Structure*

Isoelectric Point

J8

NH2-QAEDKVKQSREAKKQVEKALKQLEDKVQ-CONH2

28/71

3

Alpha helix: 82%

Coil: 18%

10.19

NS1

NH2-RVTTRSQAQDAAGLKEKAD-CONH2

19/53

2

Coil: 100%

10.63

88/30

NH2-DNGKAIYERARERALQELGP-CONH2

20/50

1

Alpha helix: 75%

Coil: 25%

9.66

GnRH

NH2-EHWSYGLRPG-CONH2

10/30

1

Coil: 100%

9.85

PADRE

NH2-AKFVAAWTLKAAA-CONH2

13/15

3

Coil: 23%

Beta sheet: 77%

Not determined

Cyclic decapeptide

-AK(alkyne)APGKK(alkyne)APG-

10/30

1

** Alpha helix: 2.7%

Beta sheet: 26.4%

Beta turn: 19.4%

Coil: 51.5%

Not determined

Lipid peptide

NH2-KKSS-C16-C16-CONH2

6/66

3

** Beta sheet: 45.8%

Beta turn: 13.5%

Coil: 40.7%

Not determined

  1. * Predicted using PROTEUS2 software; ** reported previously9.