Typhoid fever is an acute illness in humans, caused by Salmonella typhi, a gram-negative bacterium. Outer membrane proteins of S. typhi have strong potential for its use in the development of subunit vaccine against typhoid. In the current study, peptide-based subunit vaccine was constructed from outer membrane protease E (PgtE) against S. typhi. B cell and T cell epitopes were identified at fold level with a validated three-dimensional modeled structure. T cell epitopes from PgtE (IHPDTSANY) have 99.5% binding to a maximum number of major histocompatibility complex class I and class II alleles. They also bind to the typhoid-resistant human leukocyte antigen (HLA) alleles DRB1*0401. PgtE epitopes were docked with HLA-DR4 (PDB ID: 1D5M) and a contact map was constructed. A simulation search for the binding site for full flexibility of the peptide from CABS- (Cα, Cβ, side-chain)-dock shows stable interactions. Molecular dynamics simulation studies revealed that the PgtE-epitope complex structure was more stable throughout the simulation (20 ns) and interaction did not change the radius of gyration. In conclusion, computational analysis, molecular docking, and molecular dynamics (MD) simulation of PgtE-epitope complex were used to elucidate the binding mode, and the dynamical changes of epitopes were more suitable for vaccine development against typhoid.
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