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Table 1 Number and percentage of predicted bound peptides per MHC molecule for the different bonobo (Papa-) and chimpanzee (Patr-) MHC class I loci

From: Reduced bonobo MHC class I diversity predicts a reduced viral peptide binding ability compared to chimpanzees

Locus

Papa-A

Papa-B

Papa-C

Patr-A

Patr-B

Patr-C

Patr-A-like

No. of MHC molecules

20

27

11

41

78

38

4

Predicted bound peptides

       

minimum

458

0

618

51

0

620

40,365

maximum

80,337

34,689

40,976

104,816

239,570

181,572

40,365

average

29,657

3834

10,499

27,413

17,642

33,172

40,365

Percentage of average

5.63

2.27

2.36

8.63

14.63

8.77

1.45

  1. The number of MHC molecules comprises the number of MHC molecules used in this study for each locus, which are all reported bonobo and chimpanzee MHC class I molecules
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