Or each selected protein as the sum of scores for all the peptides with the homology to the protein divided by the length of the protein. When we applied this algorithm to the lists of 10781694 500 peptides for the anti-PSA sera, and used a BLAST search against human refseq_protein database (first step), we found that none of the peptides retrieved the PSA protein. This may indicate that the humoral response to the human PSA protein in mice is limited to conformational epitopes. In contrast, the analysis of PAP-specific sera produced multiple hits. Three anti-PAP sera samples (PAP1, PAP2 and PAP3) produced the Title Loaded From File peptide lists with multiple peptides that retrieved the PAP protein by BLAST search against human refseq_protein database. One anti-PAP serum (PAP4) produced the 500 peptide list that contained only one peptide which retrieved the PAP protein by BLAST search against human refseq_protein database in the first step. The first 120 most abundant peptides of the PAP1 list contained 2 peptides that retrieved the PAP protein with the Title Loaded From File maximal score 18.5. Besides the 2 isoforms of the PAP proteins NP_001090.2 and NP_001127666.1, there were 194 other proteins that had multiple matches to different peptides. After ranking the proteins according to the initial score calculated as a number of matching peptides to the protein divided by 16985061 the length of the protein, the PAP isoforms NP_001090.2 and NP_001127666.1 occupied the 56th and 66th positions respectively (Table S2A). In the second step of the algorithm, we run the bl2seq for the all 500 peptides of the PAP1 list against each of the first top 100 proteins with multiple matches identified in the first step. For this purpose, we wrote software that allows performing bl2seq off lineTable 1. Candidate antigens for mouse sera.Rank 230 118 146 386 185 102 418 119 220 365 2 0.0054 594 2 0.009 369.4 2 0.0168 210.2 2 0.0047 777.3 3 0.0294 192.9 2 0.0108 361.9 2 0.0051 769.5 1.993523 1.956216 1.891176 1.859569 1.766387 1.679091 1.627397 2 0.0136 302.4 2.071233 2 0.0169 266.2 2.255932 2 0.0086 600.1 2.60913 147.9 126.2 163 376 218.5 76.3 376 0 0Proteins selected for PAP1 antiserumProtein length(aa)Initial number of matches Initial score Final scoreSum of overall scoresMajor epitope scoreNP_065117.1 claudin-XP_003119043.1 PREDICTED: hypothetical protein LOC69 119 165 157 193 230 190 189 161 329 214 386 288 330 418 2 9 3 7 2 3 7 3 3 2 2 5 2 0.0121 0.0318 0.0103 0.0086 0.0157 0.0158 0.0124 0.0273 0.014 0.0181 0.0069 0.009 0.0167 3 0.0252 5 0.0724 1260.4 1414.3 1425 1293.6 1461.6 1658.4 1290.5 1262.2 1063.8 2045.1 1277.4 2245.2 1666.3 1781.4 2245.2 18.26667 11.88487 8.636364 8.23949 7.573057 7.210435 6.792105 6.678307 6.607453 6.216109 5.969159 5.81658 5.785764 5.398182 5.371292 1245 1350.5 1281.6 1245 1236.7 1154.9 984 1157.5 989.5 1866.1 1157.5 1886.9 1415.9 1276.3 1886.9 153 210 257 355 310 359 5 4 5 2 2 2 0.0326 0.019 0.0194 0.0056 0.0064 0.0055 1054.8 1032.3 1254.4 1502.4 1053.7 1207.6 6.894118 4.915714 4.880934 4.232113 3.399032 3.363788 930.3 897.8 1043.1 835.1 876.9 949.NP_653235.1 lysozyme-like protein 4 precursorNP_001090.2 prostatic acid phosphatase isoform PAP precursorNP_001181944.1 T-cell surface glycoprotein CD4 isoformNP_001098018.1 uncharacterized proteinNP_001127666.1 prostatic acid phosphatase isoform TM-PAP precursorNP_057574.2 protein FAM178B isoform BNP_001172078.1 putative claudin-NP_000139.1 galactoside 2-alpha-L-fucosyltransferaseProteins selected for PAP2 antiserumNP_001230678.1 modulato.Or each selected protein as the sum of scores for all the peptides with the homology to the protein divided by the length of the protein. When we applied this algorithm to the lists of 10781694 500 peptides for the anti-PSA sera, and used a BLAST search against human refseq_protein database (first step), we found that none of the peptides retrieved the PSA protein. This may indicate that the humoral response to the human PSA protein in mice is limited to conformational epitopes. In contrast, the analysis of PAP-specific sera produced multiple hits. Three anti-PAP sera samples (PAP1, PAP2 and PAP3) produced the peptide lists with multiple peptides that retrieved the PAP protein by BLAST search against human refseq_protein database. One anti-PAP serum (PAP4) produced the 500 peptide list that contained only one peptide which retrieved the PAP protein by BLAST search against human refseq_protein database in the first step. The first 120 most abundant peptides of the PAP1 list contained 2 peptides that retrieved the PAP protein with the maximal score 18.5. Besides the 2 isoforms of the PAP proteins NP_001090.2 and NP_001127666.1, there were 194 other proteins that had multiple matches to different peptides. After ranking the proteins according to the initial score calculated as a number of matching peptides to the protein divided by 16985061 the length of the protein, the PAP isoforms NP_001090.2 and NP_001127666.1 occupied the 56th and 66th positions respectively (Table S2A). In the second step of the algorithm, we run the bl2seq for the all 500 peptides of the PAP1 list against each of the first top 100 proteins with multiple matches identified in the first step. For this purpose, we wrote software that allows performing bl2seq off lineTable 1. Candidate antigens for mouse sera.Rank 230 118 146 386 185 102 418 119 220 365 2 0.0054 594 2 0.009 369.4 2 0.0168 210.2 2 0.0047 777.3 3 0.0294 192.9 2 0.0108 361.9 2 0.0051 769.5 1.993523 1.956216 1.891176 1.859569 1.766387 1.679091 1.627397 2 0.0136 302.4 2.071233 2 0.0169 266.2 2.255932 2 0.0086 600.1 2.60913 147.9 126.2 163 376 218.5 76.3 376 0 0Proteins selected for PAP1 antiserumProtein length(aa)Initial number of matches Initial score Final scoreSum of overall scoresMajor epitope scoreNP_065117.1 claudin-XP_003119043.1 PREDICTED: hypothetical protein LOC69 119 165 157 193 230 190 189 161 329 214 386 288 330 418 2 9 3 7 2 3 7 3 3 2 2 5 2 0.0121 0.0318 0.0103 0.0086 0.0157 0.0158 0.0124 0.0273 0.014 0.0181 0.0069 0.009 0.0167 3 0.0252 5 0.0724 1260.4 1414.3 1425 1293.6 1461.6 1658.4 1290.5 1262.2 1063.8 2045.1 1277.4 2245.2 1666.3 1781.4 2245.2 18.26667 11.88487 8.636364 8.23949 7.573057 7.210435 6.792105 6.678307 6.607453 6.216109 5.969159 5.81658 5.785764 5.398182 5.371292 1245 1350.5 1281.6 1245 1236.7 1154.9 984 1157.5 989.5 1866.1 1157.5 1886.9 1415.9 1276.3 1886.9 153 210 257 355 310 359 5 4 5 2 2 2 0.0326 0.019 0.0194 0.0056 0.0064 0.0055 1054.8 1032.3 1254.4 1502.4 1053.7 1207.6 6.894118 4.915714 4.880934 4.232113 3.399032 3.363788 930.3 897.8 1043.1 835.1 876.9 949.NP_653235.1 lysozyme-like protein 4 precursorNP_001090.2 prostatic acid phosphatase isoform PAP precursorNP_001181944.1 T-cell surface glycoprotein CD4 isoformNP_001098018.1 uncharacterized proteinNP_001127666.1 prostatic acid phosphatase isoform TM-PAP precursorNP_057574.2 protein FAM178B isoform BNP_001172078.1 putative claudin-NP_000139.1 galactoside 2-alpha-L-fucosyltransferaseProteins selected for PAP2 antiserumNP_001230678.1 modulato.