Use HIP to prepare input sequence data for
HAPTIC2 and
HEPTAD.
Notes:
Minimum excluded hydrophobic residue (ACFILMV) run length is the size of
the smallest hydrophobic blob whose residues are deemed inaccessible for
binding by paratopes.
Minimum excluded order-promoting residue (CFHILMNVWY) run length is the
size of the shortest ordered sequence segment whose residues are deemed
inaccessible for binding by paratopes.
Excluded amino-acid residues may be those deemed problematic in view of
chemical reactivity (e.g., susceptibility to oxidative damage, as in the
case of methionine).
Canonical N-glycosylation of asparagine is expected only for surface and
secreted protein antigens of eukaryotes (versus prokaryotes).
HIP output represents excluded residues using lower-case single-letter
codes (e.g., 'a' versus 'A'), which are neglected by HAPTIC2 and HEPTAD
for generation of candidate epitopes.