General Information


DRAVP ID  DRAVPe00284

Peptide Name   Cycloviolin-A (Plant defensin)

Sequence  GVIPCGESCVFIPCISAAIGCSCKNKVCYRN

Sequence Length  31

UniProt ID  P84637 

Source  Leonia cymosa (Sacha uba)



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=130 nM).

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

Cytotoxicity 

  • [Ref.18008336]CEM-SS cells:IC50=560 nM.

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  DRAVPe00284

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 Cys5 and Cys21, Cys9 and Cys23,Cys14 and Cys28.

Stereochemistry  L



Physicochemical Information


Formula  C137H224N38O40S6

Absent amino acids  DHLMQTW

Common amino acids  C

Mass  3235.88

Pl  8.33

Basic residues  3

Acidic residues  1

Hydrophobic residues  10

Net charge  2

Boman Index  -755

Hydrophobicity  68.06

Aliphatic Index  84.84

Half Life 

  •     Mammalian:30 hour
  •     Yeast:>20 hour
  •     E.coli:>10 hour

Extinction Coefficient cystines  1865

Absorbance 280nm  62.17

Polar residues  15



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