Patent Application: US-21718894-A

Abstract:
the invention describes peptides derived from tumor rejection antigen precursor mage - 2 . these peptides bind with hla - a2 molecules , thus presenting complexes which provoke cytolytic t cell production . the resulting &# 34 ; ctls &# 34 ; are specific for complexes of hla - a2 and the peptide . the complexes can be used to generate monoclonal antibodies . the cytolytic t cells produced may be used in the context of immunotherapy , such as adoptive transfer .

Description:
all experiments were performed at room temperature unless stated otherwise . all fmoc protected aminoacids , synthesis polymers , peptides and tfa were stored at - 20 ° c . peptides were synthesized by solid phase strategies on an automated multiple peptide synthesizer ( abimed ams 422 ) ( see gausepohl and frank , biotech , september 1990 ; gausepohl et al ., in e giralt and d . andreu , ( eds ). peptides 1990 : 206 - 207 ( 1990 ). the peptides were made in various runs , in each of which 48 different peptides were synthesized simultaneously . tentagel s ac ( rapp et al ., in innovation and perspectives in solid phase peptide synthesis , 205 - 210 ( 1990 )); sheppard and williams , peptide protein res . 20 : 451 - 454 ( 1982 ) a graft polymer of polyethyleneglycol spacer arms on a polystyrene matrix , was used as a resin ( 40 - 60 mg per peptide , 10 μmol fmoc amino acid loading ). repetitive couplings were performed by adding a mixture of 90 μl 10 . 67 m bop ( gausepohl et al ., peptides 1988 : 241 - 243 ( 1988 ); castro et al ., tet . lett 14 : 1219 - 1222 ( 1975 )) in nmp , 20 μl nmm in nmp 2 / 1 ( v / v ) and 100 μl of an 0 . 60 m solution of the appropriate fmocamino acid ( fields and noble , int . j . pep . prot . res . 35 : 161 - 214 ( 1990 )) in nmp ( 6 - fold excess ) to each reaction vessel . at 70 % of the reaction time approximately 50 μl dichloromethane was added to each reaction vessel . fmoc - deprotection was performed by adding 3 times 0 . 8 ml of piperidine / dma 1 / 4 ( v / v ) to each reaction vessel . coupling - and deprotection times were increased as the synthesis proceeded , starting with 30 min and 3 times 3 min respectively . washings after couplings and fmoc - deprotections were done with 6 times 1 . 2 ml dma . after the required sequence had been reached and the last fmoc - protection was removed the peptidylresin was washed extensively with dma , dichloromethane , dichloromethane / ether 1 / 1 ( v / v ) and ether respectively , and dried . cleavage of the peptides from the resin and removal of the side chain protecting groups was performed by adding 6 times 200 μl tfa / water 19 / 1 ( v / v ) at 5 min intervals to each reaction vessel , thus yielding free carboxylic peptides . for trp - containing peptides tfa / water / ethanethiol 18 / 1 / 1 ( v / v / v ) was used . two hours after the first tfa addition the peptides were precipitated from the combined filtrates by addition of 10 ml ether / pentane 1 / 1 ( v / v ) and cooling to - 20 ° c . the peptides were isolated by centrifugation (- 20 ° c ., 2500 g , 10 min ). after treatment of the pellet with ether / pentane 1 / 1 ( v / v ) and isolation by the same centrifugation procedure , the peptides were dried at 45 ° c . for 15 min . each of the peptides was dissolved in 2 ml water ( or 2 ml 10 vol . % acetic acid ), the solution frozen in liquid nitrogen for 3 min , and lyophilized while being centrifuged ( 1300 rpm , 8 - 16 h ). the purity of the peptides was determined by reversed phase rplc ; an aliquot of about 50 nmol was dissolved in 100 μl 30 vol . % acetic acid . of this solution 30 μl was applied to an rp - hplc system equipped with a ternary solvent system ; a : water , b : acetonitrile , c : 2 vol . % tfa in water . gradient elution ( 1 . 0 ml / min ) was performed from 90 % a , 5 % b , 5 % c to 20 % a , 75 % b , 5 % c in 30 min . detection was at 214 nm . samples taken at random were analyzed by mass spectrometry on a pdms . the 31 binding peptides were all analyzed by mass spectrometry on a pdms and by quantative amino acid analysis after hydrolysis on a hp aminoquant . of all analyzed samples the difference between calculated and measured masses was within the experimental error ( 0 . 1 %) as specified by the producer of the equipment used . all aminoacid compositions were as expected . of all 71mage - 2 peptides that had been freeze dried , 1 mg was weighed and dissolved in 10 μl of dmso . of all dissolved peptides a dilution of 0 . 5 mg / ml in 0 . 9 % nacl was made and the ph was neutralized to ph 7 with 5 % acetic acid diluted in distilled water ( ch 3 cooh , merck darmstadt , germany :) or 1n naob diluted in distilled water ( merck darmstadt , germany :). 174cem . t2 cells were cultured in iscove &# 39 ; s modified dulbecco &# 39 ; s medium ( biochrom kg seromed berlin , germany :) supplemented with 100 iu / ml penicillin ( biocades pharma , leiderdorp , the netherlands ), 100 μg / ml kanamycin ( sigma st . louis , usa :), 2 mm glutamine ( icn biomedicals inc . costa mesa , ca , usa :) and 10 % fetal calf serum ( fcs , hyclone laboratories inc . logan , utah , usa :). cells were cultured at a density of 2 . 5 × 10 5 / ml during 3 days at 37 ° c ., 5 % co 2 in humified air . 174cem . t2 cells were washed twice in culture medium without fcs and put in serum - free culture medium to a density of 2 × 10 6 cells / ml . of this suspension 40 μl was put into a v bottomed 96 well plate ( greiner gmbh , frickenhausen , germany :) together with 10 μl of twofold serial dilutions in 0 . 9 % nacl of the individual peptide dilutions ( ranging from 500 μg / ml to 15 . 6 μg / ml ). the end concentrations range from 200 μg / ml to 3 . 1 μg / ml peptide with 8 × 10 4 174cem . t2 cells . this solution was gently agitated for 3 minutes after which an incubation time of 16 hours at 37 ° c ., 5 % co 2 in humified air took place . then cells were washed once with 100 μl 0 . 9 % nacl , 0 . 5 % bovine serum albumin ( sigma st . louis , usa :), 0 . 02 % nan 3 ( merck darmstadt , germany : 822335 ). after a centrifuge round of 1200 rpm the pellet was resuspended in 50 μl of saturating amounts of hla - a2 . 1 specific mouse monoclonal antibody bb7 . 2 for 30 minutes at 4 ° c . then cells were washed twice and incubated for 30 minutes with f ( ab ) 2 fragments of goat anti - mouse igg that had been conjugated with fluorescein isothiocyanate ( tago inc burlingame , calif . usa :) in a dilution of 1 : 40 and a total volume of 25 μl . after the last incubation , cells were washed twice and fluorescence was measured at 488 nanometer on a facscan flow - cytometer ( becton dickinson , franklin lakes , n . j ., usa ). the concentration at which the 0 . 5 maximum upregulation of hla - a2 . 1 on 174cem . t2 cells was achieved was determined using graphs in which the fluorescence index was plotted against the peptide concentration . the results are shown in table i . table i______________________________________binding affinities of peptides derived from human melanomaassociated protein mage - 2 that fit the hla - a2 . 1 motifcompilation of falk et al ., nature 351 : 290 - 296 ( 1992 ); huntet al ., science 255 : 1261 - 1263 ( 1993 ): nijman et al ., j . immunotherapy 14 : 121 - 126 ( 1993 )). seq . peptide concentrationid . that inducesno . sequence residues 0 . 5 maximum fi______________________________________12 gleargealgl 15 - 25 & gt ; 100 μg / ml13 gleargeal 15 - 23 60 μg / ml414 alglvgaqa 22 - 30 & gt ; 100 μg / ml15 glvgaqapa 24 - 32 65 μg / ml16 dlesefqaa 100 - 108 & gt ; 100 μg / ml17 dlesefqaai 100 - 109 & gt ; 100 μg / ml18 aisrkmvelv 108 - 117 & gt ; 100 μg / ml19 aisrkmvel 108 - 116 & gt ; 100 μg / ml 3 kmvelvhfl 112 - 120 40 μg / ml20 kmvelvhfll 112 - 221 & gt ; 100 μg / ml21 kmvelvhflll 112 - 122 & gt ; 100 μg / ml22 lllkyrarepv 120 - 130 & gt ; 100 μg / ml23 llkyrarepv 121 - 130 & gt ; 100 μg / ml24 vlrncqdffpv 139 - 149 & gt ; 100 μg / ml 4 vifskaseyl 149 - 158 35 μg / ml 5 ylqlvfgiev 157 - 166 35 μg / ml25 ylqlvfgievv 157 - 167 & gt ; 100 μg / ml 6 qlvfgievv 159 - 167 25 μg / ml 7 qlvfgievvev 159 - 169 30 μg / ml26 gievvevvpi 163 - 172 & gt ; 100 μg / ml27 pishlyilv 171 - 279 55 μg / ml28 hlyilvtcl 174 - 182 & gt ; 100 μg / ml29 hlyilvtclgl 174 - 184 & gt ; 100 μg / ml30 yilvtclgl 176 - 184 & gt ; 100 μg / ml31 clglsydgl 181 - 189 65 μg / ml32 clglsydgll 181 - 190 & gt ; 100 μg / ml33 vmpktglli 195 - 203 & gt ; 100 μg / ml34 vmpktgllii 195 - 204 & gt ; 100 μg / ml35 vmpktglliiv 195 - 205 & gt ; 100 μg / ml36 glliivlai 200 - 208 & gt ; 100 μg / ml37 glliivlaii 200 - 209 & gt ; 100 μg / ml38 glliivlaiia 200 - 210 & gt ; 100 μg / ml39 lliivlaii 201 - 209 & gt ; 100 μg / ml40 lliivlaiia 201 - 210 & gt ; 100 μg / ml41 lliivlaiiai 201 - 211 & gt ; 100 μg / ml42 liivlaiia 202 - 210 & gt ; 100 μg / ml43 liivlaiiai 202 - 211 & gt ; 100 μg / ml 8 iivlaiiai 203 - 211 20 μg / ml44 iiaiegdca 208 - 216 & gt ; 100 μg / ml45 kiweelsml 220 - 228 & gt ; 100 μg / ml 9 kiweelsmlev 220 - 230 25 μg / ml46 lmqdlvqenyl 246 - 256 & gt ; 100 μg / ml47 flwgprali 271 - 279 65 μg / ml10 alietsyvkv 277 - 286 20 μg / ml49 alietsyvkvl 277 - 287 & gt ; 100 μg / ml11 lietsyvkv 278 - 286 30 μg / ml63 lietsyvkvl 278 - 287 55 μg / ml50 tlkiggephi 290 - 299 & gt ; 100 μg / ml51 hisypplhera 298 - 308 & gt ; 100 μg / ml______________________________________ the 174cem . t2 cell line expresses &# 34 ; empty &# 34 ; and unstable hla - a2 . 1 molecules that can be stabilized when a peptide is binding to the peptide presenting groove of these molecules . a stabilized bla - a2 . 1 molecule that will not easily degrade is the result of binding of an analyzed peptide . this leads to an increase in cell surface expression of the hla - a2 . 1 molecule . the fluorescence index is a measure for the amount of upregulation of hla - a2 . 1 molecules . this fluorescence index is calculated according to the following formula : mf = mean fluorescence ## equ1 ## fluorescence index of the background fluorescence is 0 . results in order to identify mage - 2 peptides that could bind to hla - a2 . 1 molecules expressed by 174cem . t2 cells , the amino acid sequence of mage - 2 was examined in accordance with van der bruggen et al ., science 254 : 1643 - 1647 ( 1991 ). all peptides of nine , ten or eleven amino acid that fitted the published hla - a2 . 1 binding motif were examined ( table i ). only the peptides of seq id nos : 1 - 11 of table ii were able to upregulate the expression of hla - a2 . 1 molecules at low peptide concentration , indicating their binding to the hla - a2 . 1 molecule as described in example 2 . none of the 50 other peptides were able to do this . the results of the fluorescence measurement are given in table i and ii . the 0 . 5 maximum upregulation of hla - a2 . 1 molecules on 174cem . t2 cells was determined using graphs in which the fi was plotted against the peptide concentration for each individual peptide . these experiments indicate that only a limited proportion of p , prides that fit the hla - a2 . 1 motif have the ability to bind to this hla molecule with high affinity and are therefore the only candidates of the mage - 2 protein to be recognized by human ctl , because ctl recognize peptides only when bound to hla molecules . table ii______________________________________binding affinities of additional peptides derived from humanmelanoma associated protein mage - 2 that fit the extended hla - a2 . 1 motif ( ruppert et al ). peptide concentrationseq . that inducesid no . sequence residues 0 . 5 maximum fi______________________________________52 qtasssstl 37 - 45 & gt ; 100 μg / ml53 qtasssstlv 37 - 46 & gt ; 100 μg / ml 1 stlvevtlgev 43 - 53 45 μg / ml54 vtlgevpaa 46 - 56 & gt ; 100 μg / ml55 vtkaemlesv 130 - 139 70 μg / ml56 vtkaemlesvl 130 - 140 & gt ; 100 μg / ml57 vtclglsydgl 179 - 189 & gt ; 100 μg / ml58 ktglliivl 198 - 206 65 μg / ml59 ktglliivla 198 - 207 80 μg / ml60 ktglliivlai 198 - 208 & gt ; 100 μg / ml61 htlkiggephi 289 - 299 & gt ; 100 μg / ml______________________________________ table iii______________________________________peptides derived from melanoma protein mage - 2 bindingto hla - a2 . 1peptide amino acid seqno . sequence region id no______________________________________1 stlvevtlgev residues 43 - 53 1 -- lvevtlgev residues 45 - 53 22 kmvelvhfl residues 112 - 120 33 vifskaseyl residues 149 - 158 44 ylqlvfgiev residues 157 - 166 55 qlvfgievv residues 159 - 167 66 qlvfgievvev residues 159 - 169 77 iivlaiiai residues 203 - 211 88 kiweelsmlev residues 220 - 230 99 alietsyvkv residues 277 - 286 1010 lietsyvkv residues 278 - 286 11______________________________________ most hla - a2 . 1 binding peptides were found using the hla - a2 . 1 motif , in accordance with falk et al ., nature 351 : 290 - 296 ( 1991 ); hunt et al ., science 255 : 1261 - 1263 ( 1992 ); and nijman et al ., j . immunotherapy 14 : 121 - 126 ( 1993 ). only one additional hla - a2 . 1 binding peptide was found using the extended hla - a2 . 1 motif of ruppert et al ., cell 74 : 929 - 937 ( 1993 ). this example shows the in vitro induction of primary immune responses . as an illustration for the possibility of inducing primary responses in general , including mage - 2 peptides , such responses against hpv peptides using the processing defective cell line 174cem . t2 are shown . the expression of hla - a2 . 1 on 174cem . t2 cells ( t2 ) is increased by incubating t2 cells in medium containing relevant peptide . t2 cells will present the relevant peptide bound to hla - a2 . 1 in high amount and therefore are good antigen presenting cells ( apc ). in the response inducing method described recently ( kast et al ., j . immunotherapy 14 : 115 - 120 ( 1993 ) the t2 cell line is used as apc and post - fico mononuclear cells are used as responder cells . t2 cells in a concentration of 2 × 10 6 cells per ml were incubated for 13 h at 37 ° c . in a t 25 flask ( becton dickinson , falcon , plymouth england ) in serum - free imdm (= iscoves modified dulbecco &# 39 ; s medium : biochrom kg , seroreed berlin , germany ,) with glutamine ( 2 mm , icn biochemicals inc ., costa meisa , usa ,), antibiotics ( 100 iu / ml penicillin ( brocades pharma , leiderdorp , the netherlands , 100 μg / ml kanamycin ( sigma , st . louis , usa ,) and the selected peptide from hpv mldlqpett ( seq id no : 12 ) in a concentration of 80 μg / ml . these incubated t2 cells were spun down and subsequently resuspended at in a density of 20 - 10 6 cells / ml with mitomycin c ( 50 μg / ml ) in serum - free rpmi ( gibco paisley , scotland ,) medium for 1 h at 37 ° c . hereafter the t2 cells were washed three times in rpmi . all wells of a 96 - well - u - bottom plate ( costar , cambridge , usa ,) were filled with 100 , 000 mitomycin c - treated t2 cells in 50 μl serum - free , complete rpmi medium ( glutamine ( 2mm , icn biochemcals inc ., costa meisa , usa ,), penicillin ( 100 iu / ml , brocades pharma , leiderdorp , the netherlands ), kanamycin ( 100 μg / ml , sigma , st . louis , usa ,)) and the peptide mldlqpett ( seq id no : 12 ) in a concentration of 80 μg / ml . responder cells are mononuclear peripheral blood lymphocytes ( pbl ) of a hla - a2 . 1 subtyped donor (= c . b .). the pbl were separated from bully coats by ficoll - procedure ( ficoll preparation : lymphoprep of nycomed - pharma , oslo , norway ,) and washed twice in rpmi . after separation and washing , the pbl were resuspended in complete rpmi medium with 30 % human pooled serum ( hps ) ( hps is tested for suppression activity in mixed lymphocyte cultures ). 400 , 000 pbl - c . b . in 50 μl of medium ( the medium described in paragraph 4 , supra ) were added to each well of the 96 - well - u - bottom plate already filled with t2 cells and cultured for 7 days at 37 ° c . in an incubator with 5 % co 2 and 90 % humidity . on day 7 after incubation of pbls , peptide mldlqpett ( seq id no : 62 ) and t2 cells ( described supra , pbls were restimulated with peptide mldlqpett ( seq id no : 62 ). for this purpose all cells and medium out of the 96 wells were harvested . viable cells were isolated by the ficoll - procedure and washed in rpmi . in a new 96 - well - u - bottom plate 50 , 000 of these viable cells were seeded in each well together with 50 μl complete rpmi medium with 15 % hps . per well 20 , 000 autologous , irradiated ( 3000 rad ) pbls and 50 , 000 autologous , irradiated ( 10000 rad ) ebv - transformed b - lymphocytes (= ebv - c . b . ) were added together with 50 μl of complete rpmi medium with 15 % hps and peptide mldlqpett ( seq id no ; 62 ) in a concentration of 80 μg / ml . the cells were cultured for 7 days at 37 ° c . in an incubator with 5 % co 2 and 90 % humidity . on day 14 after incubation of pbls , peptide mldlqpett ( seq id no : 62 ) and t2 cells , the pbls were restimulated with peptide mldlqpett ( seq id no : 62 ). to do so the procedure for restimulation , supra is repeated . on day 21 after incubation of pbls , peptide mldlqpett ( seq id no : 62 ) and t2 cells , cells and medium out of the 96 wells were harvested . viable cells were isolated by ficoll - procedure and washed in complete rpmi with 15 % hps . this bulk culture of viable cells was cloned by limiting dilution . into each well of a new 96 - well - u - bottom plate ( costar , cambridge , usa , cat . nr . 3799 ) 50 μl complete rpmi medium with 15 % hps was added together with 100 viable cells (= hpv16 bulk anti mldlqpett ( seq id no : 62 ). for other new 96 - well - u - bottom plates this was exactly repeated except for the number of cells for wells : subsequent plates contained dilutions of cells at 10 , 1 , or 0 . 3 cells per well . to all wells 20 , 000 pooled and irradiated ( 3000 rad ) pbl of four different donors and 10 , 000 pooled and irradiated ( 10 , 000 rad ) ebv - transformed b - cells of three different hla - a2 . 1 donors ( vu - 4 / 518 / jy ) were added together with 50 μl of complete rpmi medium with 15 % hps and peptide mldlqpett ( seq id no : 62 ) in a concentration of 40 μg / ml , leucoagglutinin in a concentration of 2 % ( pharmacia , uppsala , sweden ,), human recombinant il - 2 in a concentration of 120 iu / ml ( eurocetus , amsterdam , the netherlands ). add per well , in a final volume of 100 μl =& gt ; on day 49 a cytotoxicity assay was performed with 65 clones and one bulk sample as effector cells and t2 ( with or without the peptide mldlqpett ( seq id no . 62 )) as target cells . background killing is defined as killing of t2 cells incubated with an irrelevant ( but hla - a2 . 1 binding ) peptide : gilgfvftl ( seq id no : 64 ). this influenza matrix protein - derived peptide is the epitope for hla - a2 . 1 restricted influenza specific ctl and is known in the art . the hpv bulk ( c . b .) anti mldlqpett effector cells seemed to be specific for killing mldlqpett sensitized cells . a limiting dilution assay was done with the hpv bulk cells and , after 23 days , a cytotoxicity assay was performed with five clones . results of a representative clone is shown in fig2 . the data suggest that the peptides of seq id no : 1 - 11 are single polypeptides of identified sequences . however , homologs , isoforms or genetic variants of these peptides may exist within or outside the cellular environment . this invention encompasses all such homologs , isoforms or genetic variants of the above peptides provided that they bind to the hla - a2 . 1 molecule . polypeptides that are homologs of the peptides specifically include those having amino acid sequences which are at least about 40 % conserved in relation to the amino acid sequence set forth in table ii , preferentially at least about 60 % conserved , and more preferentially at least about 75 % conserved . it will be understood by one of ordinary skill in the art that other variants of the peptides shown above are included within the scope of the present invention . this particularly includes any variants that differ from the above mentioned and synthesized peptides only by conservative amino acid substitution . in particular , replacements of c ( cysteine ) by a ( alanine ), s ( serine ), α - aminobutyric acid and others are included as it is known that cysteine - containing peptides are susceptible to ( air ) oxidation during synthesis and handling . many such conservative amino acid substitutions are set forth as sets by taylor biol . 188 : 233 - 258 ( 1986 ). herein the peptides shown above or fragments thereof include any variation in the amino acid sequence , whether by conservative amino acid substitution , deletion , or other processes , provided that the polypeptides bind to the hla - a2 . 1 molecule . the fragments of the peptides may be small peptides with sequences of as little as five or more amino acids , said sequences being those disclosed in table ii when said polypeptides bind to the hla - a2 . 1 molecule . polypeptides larger than the peptides shown are especially included within the scope of the present invention when said polypeptides induce a mage - 2 - specific ctl response in hla - a2 . 1 positive individuals and include a ( partial ) amino acid sequence as set forth in table ii , or conservative substitutions thereof . such polypeptides may have a length of from 9 to 12 , more preferably 9 to 11 or even 9 to 10 amino acids . this invention includes the use of polypeptides generated by every means , whether genetic engineering , peptide synthesis with solid phase techniques or others . the foregoing peptides may have various chemical modifications made at the terminal ends and still be within the scope the present invention . also other chemical modifications are possible , particularly cyclic and dimeric configurations . the term &# 34 ; derivatives &# 34 ; intends to cover all such modified peptides . the polypeptides of the present invention find utility for the prophylaxis , diagnosis and / or treatment or prevention of diseases involving mage - 2 expressing cells including melanoma cells and other cancer cells . for all applications the peptides are administered in an immunogenic form . since the peptides are relatively short , this may necessitate admixture , complexing , combining , conjugation , or chemical binding with an immunogenicity conferring carrier material such as lipids or others or the use of adjuvants . the magnitude of a prophylactic or a therapeutic dose of polypeptides of this invention will , of course , vary with the group of patients ( age , sex , weight , etcetera ), the nature of the severity of the condition to be treated , the particular polypeptide of this invention and its route of administration . any suitable route of administration maybeemployed to achieve an effective dosage of a polypeptide identified by this invention , as well as any dosage form well known in the art of pharmacy . in addition the polypeptides may also be administered by controlled release means and / or delivery devices . they may also be administered incombination with other active substances , such as , in particular , t - cell activating agents like interleukin - 2 etc . the peptides of this invention may also be useful for other purposes , such as diagnostic use . for example , they may be used to check whether a vaccination with a peptide according to the invention has been successful . this may be done in vitro by testing whether said peptide is able to activate t cells of the vaccinated person . other aspects of the invention will be clear to the skilled artisan , and need not be repeated here . the terms and expressions which have been employed are used as terms of description and not of limitation , and there is no intention in the use of such terms and expressions of excluding any equivalents of the features shown and described or portions thereof , it being recognized that various modifications are possible within the scope of the invention . __________________________________________________________________________sequence listing ( 1 ) general information :( iii ) number of sequences : 62 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 1 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 11 amino acid residues ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : protein ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 1 : serthrleuvalgluvalthrleuglygluval1510 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 2 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 9 amino acid residues ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : protein ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 2 : leuvalgluvalthrleuglygluval15 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 3 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 9 amino acid residues ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : protein ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 3 : lysmetvalgluleuvalhispheleu15 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 4 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 10 amino acid residues ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : protein ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 4 : valilepheserlysalaserglutyrleu1510 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 5 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 10 amino acid residues ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : protein ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 5 : tyrleuglnleuvalpheglyilegluval1510 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 6 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 9 amino acid residues ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : protein ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 6 : glnleuvalpheglyilegluvalval15 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 7 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 11 amino acid residues ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : protein ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 7 : glnleuvalpheglyilegluvalvalgluval1510 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 8 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 9 amino acid residues ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : protein ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 8 : ileilevalleualaileilealaile15 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 9 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 11 amino acid residues ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : protein ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 9 : lysiletrpglugluleusermetleugluval1510 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 10 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 10 amino acid residues ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : protein ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 10 : alaleuilegluthrsertyrvallysval1510 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 11 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 9 amino acid residues ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : protein ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 11 : leuilegluthrsertyrvallysval15 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 12 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 11 amino acid residues ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : protein ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 12 : glyleuglualaargglyglualaleuglyleu1510 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 13 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 9 amino acid residues ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : protein ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 13 : glyleuglualaargglyglualaleu15 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 14 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 9 amino acid residues ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : protein ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 14 : alaleuglyleuvalglyalaglnala15 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 15 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 9 amino acid residues ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : protein ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 15 : glyleuvalglyalaglnalaproala15 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 16 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 9 amino acid residues ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : protein ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 16 : aspleugluserglupheglnalaala15 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 17 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 10 amino acid residues ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : protein ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 17 : aspleugluserglupheglnalaalaile1510 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 18 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 10 amino acid residues ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : protein ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 18 : alaileserarglysmetvalgluleuval1510 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 19 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 9 amino acid residues ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : protein ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 19 : alaileserarglysmetvalgluleu15 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 20 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 10 amino acid residues ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : protein ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 20 : lysmetvalgluleuvalhispheleuleu1510 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 21 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 11 amino acid residues ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : protein ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 21 : lysmetvalgluleuvalhispheleuleuleu1510 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 22 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 11 amino acid residues ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : protein ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 22 : leuleuleulystyrargalaarggluproval1510 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 23 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 10 amino acid residues ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : protein ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 23 : leuleulystyrargalaarggluproval1510 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 24 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 11 amino acid residues ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : protein ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 24 : valleuargasncysglnaspphepheproval1510 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 25 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 11 amino acid residues ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : protein ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 25 : tyrleuglnleuvalpheglyilegluvalval1510 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 26 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 10 amino acid residues ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : protein ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 26 : glyilegluvalvalgluvalvalproile1510 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 27 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 9 amino acid residues ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : protein ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 27 : proileserhisleutyrileleuval15 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 28 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 9 amino acid residues ( b ) type 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