General Information


DRAVP ID  DRAVPe00292

Peptide Name   Palicourein (Cyclotides; Plants)

Sequence  GDPTFCGETCRVIPVCTYSAALGCTCDDRSDGLCKRN

Sequence Length  37

UniProt ID  P84645 

Source  Palicourea condensata (Cappel)



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=100 nM).

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

Cytotoxicity 

  • [Ref.11430013] Cytotoxicity: human T-lymphoblastoid cell line (CEM-SS)(EC50=0.10 Μm, IC50=1.5 μM) .
  • [Ref.18008336]CEM-SS cells:IC50=1500 nM.

Binding Target  Not found

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



Structure Information


PDB ID  1R1F 

Predicted Structure Download  DRAVPe00292

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 Cys1 and Cys19; Cys5 and Cys21; Cys11 and Cys28;hydrogen bonds between the oxygen atoms of the Glu3 carboxyl group and the backbone amides of residues Thr12, Thr13, and Ser14, and the side chain of Ser14.

Stereochemistry  L



Physicochemical Information


Formula  C159H256N48O56S6

Absent amino acids  HMQW

Common amino acids  C

Mass  3928.43

Pl  4.78

Basic residues  4

Acidic residues  5

Hydrophobic residues  8

Net charge  -1

Boman Index  -7498

Hydrophobicity  -18.92

Aliphatic Index  52.7

Half Life 

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

Extinction Coefficient cystines  1865

Absorbance 280nm  51.81

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