文摘
We present the development and application of a new machine-learning approach to exhaustively and reliably identify major histocompatibility complex class I (MHC-I) ligands among all 208 octapeptides and in genome-derived proteomes of Mus musculus, influenza A H3N8, and vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV). Focusing on murine H-2Kb, we identified potent octapeptides exhibiting direct MHC-I binding and stabilization on the surface of TAP-deficient RMA-S cells. Computationally identified VSV-derived peptides induced CD8+ T-cell proliferation after VSV-infection of mice. The study demonstrates that high-level machine-learning models provide a unique access to rationally designed peptides and a promising approach toward 鈥渞everse vaccinology鈥?