General Information


DRAVP ID  DRAVPe00290

Peptide Name   Cycloviolacin-O24 (Plant defensin)

Sequence  GLPTCGETCFGGTCNTPGCTCDPWPVCTHN

Sequence Length  30

UniProt ID  P84637 

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=308 nM).

Hemolytic Activity 

  • [Ref:16872274] It has 75% hemolytic activity at 25.0 μM against human type A red blood cells.

Cytotoxicity 

  • [Ref.18008336]CEM-SS cells:IC50=6170 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  DRAVPe00290

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 Cys19; Cys9 and Cys21; Cys14 and Cys27.

Stereochemistry  L



Physicochemical Information


Formula  C126H187N35O43S6

Absent amino acids  AIKMQRSY

Common amino acids  CT

Mass  3072.44

Pl  4.35

Basic residues  1

Acidic residues  2

Hydrophobic residues  4

Net charge  -1

Boman Index  -2224

Hydrophobicity  -16.33

Aliphatic Index  22.67

Half Life 

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

Extinction Coefficient cystines  5875

Absorbance 280nm  202.59

Polar residues  19



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