Design, structure prediction and molecular dynamics simulation of a fusion construct containing malaria pre-erythrocytic vaccine candidate, PfCelTOS, and human interleukin 2 as adjuvant

Table 2 Properties of PfCelTOS, human IL-2 and designed constructs determined by ProtParam

Protein	PfCelTOS	Fusion protein1	Fusion protein2
Protein	PfCelTOS	(IL-2-linker-PfCelTOS)	(Co1-linker-IL-2-linker-PfCelTOS)
No. of amino acids	173	321	348
Molecular weight	19087.4	35433.2	38176.4
Theoretical pI	4.58	5.11	5.32
Total No. of negatively charged residues (Asp + Glu)	23	38	41
Total No. of positively charged residues (Arg + Lys)	13	28	32
Formula	C₈₅₅H₁₃₂₆N₂₁₂O₂₇₄S₄	C₁₅₈₁H₂₄₉₅N₄₀₅O₄₉₄S₁₁	C₁₇₀₃H₂₆₉₁N₄₄₁O₅₃₀S₁₁
Instability index	41.67	48.01	49.75
Aliphatic index	89.48	91.06	89.11
Grand average of hydropathicity (GRAVY)	−0.106	−0.151	−0.172

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