General Information


DRAVP ID  DRAVPe00296

Peptide Name   Kalata-B1 (Plant defensin)

Sequence  GLPVCGETCVGGTCNTPGCTCSWPVCTRN

Sequence Length  29

UniProt ID  P56254 

Source  Oldenlandia affinis



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=140 nM).

Hemolytic Activity 

  • [Ref.12779323] HD50 = 300 μM against Human type A red blood cells.

Cytotoxicity 

  • [Ref.18008336]CEM-SS cells:IC50=3500 nM.

Binding Target  Not found

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



Structure Information


PDB ID  2KHB  1NB1 

Predicted Structure Download  DRAVPe00296

Linear/Cyclic  Cyclic

N-terminal Modification  Cyclization (N termini to C termini)

C-terminal Modification  Cyclization (C termini to N termini)

Other Modification  Disulfide bonds between Cys5 and Cys19, Cys9 and Cys21, Cys14 and Cys26.

Stereochemistry  L



Physicochemical Information


Formula  C117H187N35O40S6

Absent amino acids  ADFHIKMQY

Common amino acids  C

Mass  2916.34

Pl  5.96

Basic residues  1

Acidic residues  1

Hydrophobic residues  5

Net charge  0

Boman Index  -1951

Hydrophobicity  15.17

Aliphatic Index  43.45

Half Life 

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

Extinction Coefficient cystines  5875

Absorbance 280nm  209.82

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   Linearization of a naturally occurring circular protein maintains structure but eliminates hemolytic activity.

Pubmed ID   12779323

Reference   Biochemistry. 2003 Jun 10;42(22):6688-95.

Author   Barry DG, Daly NL, Clark RJ, Sando L, Craik DJ.

DOI   10.1021/bi027323n