General Information


DRAVP ID  DRAVPe00289

Peptide Name   Cycloviolacin-O14 (Plant defensin)

Sequence  GSIPACGESCFKGKCYTPGCSCSKYPLCAKN

Sequence Length  31

UniProt ID  P85177 

Source  Viola odorata (Sweet violet)



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=440 nM).

Hemolytic Activity 

  • [Ref:16872274] It has 3% hemolytic activity at 1.0 μM and 13% hemolytic activity at 1.5 μM against human type A red blood cells

Cytotoxicity 

  • [Ref.18008336]CEM-SS cells:IC50=4800 nM.

Binding Target  Not found

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



Structure Information


PDB ID  2GJ0 

Predicted Structure Download  DRAVPe00289

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 Cys6 and Cys20; Cys10 and Cys22; Cys15 and Cys27.

Stereochemistry  L



Physicochemical Information


Formula  C135H212N36O42S6

Absent amino acids  DHMQRVW

Common amino acids  C

Mass  3203.74

Pl  8.64

Basic residues  4

Acidic residues  1

Hydrophobic residues  5

Net charge  3

Boman Index  -2422

Hydrophobicity  -18.71

Aliphatic Index  31.61

Half Life 

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

Extinction Coefficient cystines  3355

Absorbance 280nm  111.83

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

Literature 2

Title   A novel suite of cyclotides from Viola odorata: sequence variation and the implications for structure, function and stability.

Pubmed ID   16872274

Reference   Biochem J. 2006 Nov 15;400(1):1-12.

Author   Ireland DC, Colgrave ML, Craik DJ.

DOI   10.1042/BJ20060627