General Information


DRAVP ID  DRAVPe00283

Peptide Name   Circulin-F (CIRF; Plant defensin)

Sequence  AIPCGESCVWIPCISAAIGCSCKNKVCYR

Sequence Length  29

UniProt ID  P84644 

Source  Chassalia parviflora



Activity Information


Target Organism  HIV

Assay 

Activity 

  • [Ref.18008336]HIV:inhibition the cytopathic effects of HIV-1 infection in cultured human T-lymphoblast (CEM-SS) cells(EC50=50-275 nM).

Hemolytic Activity  No hemolysis information or data found in the reference(s) presented in this entry

Cytotoxicity 

  • No cytotoxicity information or data found in the reference(s) presented in this entry

Binding Target  Not found

Mechanism  No machanism information found in the reference(s) presented in this entry



Structure Information


PDB ID  None

Predicted Structure Download  DRAVPe00283

Linear/Cyclic  Cyclic

N-terminal Modification  Cyclization (N termini to C termini)

C-terminal Modification  Cyclization (N termini to C termini)

Other Modification  Disulfide bonds between Cys4 and Cys20, Cys8 and Cys22,Cys13 and Cys27.

Stereochemistry  L



Physicochemical Information


Formula  C131H212N36O37S6

Absent amino acids  DFHLMQT

Common amino acids  C

Mass  3075.7

Pl  8.34

Basic residues  3

Acidic residues  1

Hydrophobic residues  10

Net charge  2

Boman Index  -473

Hydrophobicity  65.17

Aliphatic Index  84.14

Half Life 

  •     Mammalian:4.4 hour
  •     Yeast:>20 hour
  •     E.coli:>10 hour

Extinction Coefficient cystines  7365

Absorbance 280nm  263.04

Polar residues  13



Literature Information


Literature 1

Title   Cyclotides as natural anti-HIV agents.

Pubmed ID   18008336

Reference   Biopolymers. 2008;90(1):51-60.

Author   Ireland DC, Wang CK, Wilson JA, Gustafson KR, Craik DJ.

DOI   10.1002/bip.20886