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Although CD4+ T cells play a central role in host immunity to Mtb, recent evidence suggests a critical role of CD8+ T cells in combating Mtb. In the present study, we have predicted HLA antigen class I binding peptides of DosR operon using an in-silico approach. This method is useful as an initial computational filtration of probable epitopes based on their binding ability and antigenicity.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>CD8+ epitopes were predicted by software NetMHC 3.4 and BIMAS. Self-peptides were found and excluded by indigenously developed Perl script. Antigenicity of promiscuous peptides was predicted using a VaxiJen server. The top VaxiJen scoring antigenic peptides were docked to globally relevant HLA allele using CABS dock and Hex program.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A total of 1436 overlapping nonamer peptides were generated which gave 46 promiscuous epitopes, 25 were predicted to be antigenic. Rv2627 epitope \u201cSAFRPPLV\u201d which gave the highest Vaxijen score of 1.9157 and showed binding to all the three HLA loci. The top VaxiJen scoring antigenic peptides were docked and had significant interactions with residues of the HLA class I molecule indicating them to be good cytotoxic T lymphocyte epitopes.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Our study has generated several promiscuous antigenic peptides capable of binding to major histocompatibility complex class I with high affinity. 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