Table 1 Biophysical characterisation of vaccine candidates.

From: Induction of high titred, non-neutralising antibodies by self-adjuvanting peptide epitopes derived from the respiratory syncytial virus fusion protein

Candidate

Epitope

Additional sequences

R*

LAA**

Secondary structure (Determined by CD)

D25 kD (nM)

Mota kD (nM)

Diameter DLS (nm)

ØP1

Site Ø

Ac

Random coil

NB

NB

N/A

ØP2

Site Ø

GCN4

Ac

Random coil

~720

NB

N/A

IIP3

Site II

Ac

Random coil

NB

NB

N/A

IIP4

Site II

GCN4

Ac

Random coil

NB

NB

N/A

IIP5

Site II

Extended

Ac

Random coil

NB

~22

N/A

ØLCP1

Site Ø

Ac

2

Mixture of β-sheet, α-helix

NB

NB

225±10

ØLCP2

Site Ø

GCN4

Ac

2

α-helix

66

NB

40±3

IILCP3

Site II

Ac

2

β-sheet

NB

NB

2154±300

IILCP4

Site II

GCN4

Ac

2

α-helix

NB

~4

122±20

IILCP5

Site II

Extended

Ac

2

α-helix

NB

~15

181±25

IILCP6

Site II

GCN4

Ac-C16-C16

4

N/A

NB

~40

419±70

IILCP7

Site II

Extended

Ac-C16-C16

4

N/A

NB

~14

261±20

  1. *Ac: acetylated amino acid (see Fig. 2).
  2. **LAA: Lipoamino acid.