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The linking of polysaccharide in glycoconjugate vaccine with carrier protein is an imperative step to develop a strong memory response. The excessive use of similar carrier protein known to result in bystander immunity warrants an urgent need for new carrier protein. The preparation of the glycoconjugate vaccine using cyanylation chemistry is to link the active cyanate ester site of polysaccharide with the carrier protein. In the present study, transferrin binding protein-B (Tbp-B) has been explored as a new carrier protein to develop  in silico  pneumococcal polysaccharide serotype-5 (PnPs-5) conjugate vaccine. The homology model of Tbp-B was constructed using the Prime module and stereochemically validated using ProSA, PDBsum and ProQ. The selected model revealed a Z-score of −5.6 within the X-ray region in ProSA analysis, LGscore: 9.776, and MaxSub: 0.8 in protein quality predictor suggesting its preferred use. Loop modeling and active site analysis followed by  in silico  PnPs-5 activation with cyanalyting agent CDAP was docked with Tbp-B using Glide module. The complex stability of cyanate esters with Tbp-B, analyzed by molecular dynamics (MD) simulation, revealed an average RMSD of 2.49 Å for its binding to the receptor. The RMSF values of cyanate ester-1, -2, and -3 were observed to be 1.06, 1.39 and 0.79 Å, respectively. The higher RMSF of 1.39 Å of cyanate ester-2 was further found unstable which corroborates its non-binding to the protein and also incurring conformational changes to a carrier protein. Molecular simulations revealed that cyanate ester-1 and cyanate ester-3 formed stable conjugates with carrier protein Tbp-B. Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma

Transferrin binding protein-B from Neisseria meningitidis C as a novel carrier protein in glycoconjugate preparation: an in silico approach