General Information


DRAVP ID  DRAVPe00285

Peptide Name   Cycloviolin-B (Plant defensin)

Sequence  GTACGESCYVLPCFTVGCTCTSSQCFKN

Sequence Length  28

UniProt ID  P84638 

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  DRAVPe00285

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 Cys18, Cys8 and Cys20,Cys13 and Cys25.

Stereochemistry  L



Physicochemical Information


Formula  C120H185N31O41S6

Absent amino acids  DHIMRW

Common amino acids  C

Mass  2910.33

Pl  5.96

Basic residues  1

Acidic residues  1

Hydrophobic residues  6

Net charge  0

Boman Index  -1389

Hydrophobicity  38.93

Aliphatic Index  38.21

Half Life 

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

Extinction Coefficient cystines  1865

Absorbance 280nm  69.07

Polar residues  18



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