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Table 1. Antibody recognition of regions (represented by overlapping pin-attached 15-mer peptides) corresponding to the sequence of proteins Dsg1 and Dsg3 by PV patientsproteinsequentialposition ofamino acids#11185, 49y,♂, Dsg1positive#11608, 51y,♀, Dsg1,3positive#11542, 64y,♂, Dsg1positive#10915, 74y,♀, Dsg3positive#11190, 22y,♀, Dsg1positive76-100 - + + - +146-160 - + + - +Dsg1 186-220 - + + - +446-450 - + + - +476-500 - + + - +54-78 + + + + +Dsg3340-354 - + + - +375-389 - + + - +601-615 - + + + -Criteria for peptide recognition to identify possible epitopic regions of proteins Dsg1 and Dsg3:PV patients’ measured OD ≥ mean OD + 7× sd value of control (Dsg1 related pin-attached peptides)PV patients’ measured OD ≥ mean OD + 5× sd value of control (Dsg3 related pin-attached peptides)In summary, five regions within the sequence of the protein Dsg1 (75-100 (Figure 1a),145-160, 185-220, 445-450, 476-500) and four regions within the sequence of the proteinDsg3 (52-78 (Figure 1b), 340-355, 375-390, 600-615) have been determined with positiveserum antibody recognition by three out of five patients (Table 1).AcknowledgmentsThese studies were supported by grants of Hungarian Research Fund (OTKA K 61518), GVOP(GVOP-3.2.1 – 2004 – 04 -0352/3.0, 3.2.1 – 2004-04-0005/3.0). Number of ethical permission:TUKEB 74-75/1998.References1. Waschke, J. Histochem. Cell Biol. 130, 21-54 (2008).2. Wheeler, G.N., Parker, A.E., Thomas, C.L., Ataliotis, P., Poynter, D., Arnemann, J., Rutman, A.J.,Pidsley, S.C., Watt, F.M., Rees, D.A., Buxton, R.S., Magee, A.I. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 88,4796-4800 (1991).3. Amagai, M., Klaus-Kovtun, V., Stanley, J.R. Cell. 67, 869-877 (1991).4. Chou, P.Y., Fasman, G.D. Biochem. 13, 222-45 (1974).5. Eisenberg, D., Wesson, M., Wilcox, W. In Fasman, G.D. (Eds.), Prediction of protein structure andthe principles of protein conformation. Plenum Press, New York, 1989, p. 635.6. Rost, B., Yachdav, G., Liu, J. Nucleic Acids Research 32, W321-W326 (2004).7. Geysen, H.M., Meloen, R.H., Barteling, S.J. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 81, 3998-4002 (1984).475

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