The Prediction of B Cell Epitopes for VP73 Protein of African Fever Virus
[Objective] The B cell epitopes for VP73 protein of African swine fever virus was predicted. [Method] Based on the analysis of the amino acidsequence and the flexible regions of VP73 protein, the B cell epitopes for VP73 protein of African swine fever virus were predicted by method of Kyte-Doolittle,Emini and Jameson-Wolf. [Resu]t] The B cell epitopes were located at or adjacent to the N-terminal No.11-18,26-48, 73-82, 136-150, 159-174,181-189,191-210,247-276,279-295,313-323 and 382-392. [Conclusion] The multi-parameters analytic method was adopted to predict the B cell epitopesfor VP73 protein of African swine fever virus, which laid solid foundation for further characterizing the protein of VP73 and researching epitope vaccine.