Document Type : Original Research Article
10.22034/HBB.2021.06
Abstract
The novel Coronavirus disease 2019 caused a global outbreak therefore a promising vaccine is needed to combat it. In this study, the Spike (S) glycoprotein, Membrane (M) protein, and Envelope (E) protein have been tested as putative vaccine candidates. It was demonstrated that the second protrusion part of M protein contains several immunogenic epitopes. On the other hand, the S2 domain of S protein was found to be highly conserved. Therefore, we proposed a fusion protein as a multiepitope-based subunit vaccine including the second protrusion part of M protein and S2 domain of S protein with a flexible linker. Finally, the 3D structure and physicochemical properties of this fusion protein were evaluated to select a stable structure.
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