Customized predictions of peptide-MHC binding and T-cell epitopes using EPIMHC

Methods Mol Biol. 2014:1184:319-32. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-1115-8_18.

Abstract

Peptide binding to major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules is the most selective requisite for T-cell recognition. Therefore, prediction of peptide-MHC binding is the main basis for anticipating T-cell epitopes. A very popular and accurate method to predict peptide-MHC binding is based on motif-profiles and here we show how to make them using EPIMHC (http://imed.med.ucm.es/epimhc/). EPIMHC is a database of T-cell epitopes and MHC-binding peptides that unlike any related resource provides a framework for computational vaccinology. In this chapter, we describe how to derive peptide-MHC binding motif-profiles in EPIMHC and use them to predict peptide-MHC binding and T-cell epitopes. Moreover, we show evidence that customization of peptide-MHC binding predictors can lead to enhanced epitope predictions.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Computational Biology
  • Databases, Protein
  • Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte / chemistry
  • Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte / immunology*
  • Humans
  • Major Histocompatibility Complex*
  • Models, Immunological
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Peptides / chemistry
  • Peptides / immunology*
  • Software

Substances

  • Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte
  • Peptides