PMID- 18450009 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20080605 LR - 20080502 IS - 1064-3745 (Print) IS - 1064-3745 (Linking) VI - 409 DP - 2007 TI - HLA-peptide binding prediction using structural and modeling principles. PG - 293-9 LID - 10.1007/978-1-60327-118-9_21 [doi] AB - Short peptides binding to specific human leukocyte antigen (HLA) alleles elicit immune response. These candidate peptides have potential utility in peptide vaccine design and development. The binding of peptides to allele-specific HLA molecule is estimated using competitive binding assay and biochemical binding constants. Application of this method for proteome-wide screening in parasites, viruses, and virulent bacterial strains is laborious and expensive. However, short listing of candidate peptides using prediction approaches have been realized lately. Prediction of peptide binding to HLA alleles using structural and modeling principles has gained momentum in recent years. Here, we discuss the current status of such prediction. FAU - Kangueane, Pandjassarame AU - Kangueane P AD - School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. FAU - Sakharkar, Meena Kishore AU - Sakharkar MK LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - Methods Mol Biol JT - Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) JID - 9214969 RN - 0 (HLA Antigens) RN - 0 (Ligands) RN - 0 (Peptides) SB - IM MH - Alleles MH - Computational Biology MH - Computer Simulation MH - HLA Antigens/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism MH - Humans MH - Immunogenetics MH - Ligands MH - Peptides/chemistry/immunology/*metabolism MH - Protein Binding MH - Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship MH - Thermodynamics MH - User-Computer Interface EDAT- 2008/05/03 09:00 MHDA- 2008/06/06 09:00 CRDT- 2008/05/03 09:00 PHST- 2008/05/03 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2008/06/06 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2008/05/03 09:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/978-1-60327-118-9_21 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Methods Mol Biol. 2007;409:293-9. doi: 10.1007/978-1-60327-118-9_21.