General Information


DRAVP ID  DRAVPe00339

Peptide Name   Brevinin-2-related peptide (Frogs, amphibians, animals)

Sequence  GIWDTIKSMGKVFAGKILQNL

Sequence Length  21

UniProt ID  No entry found

Source  Rana septentrionalis (mink frog)



Activity Information


Target Organism  HIV

Assay 

Activity 

  • [Ref.20086159]HIV-1 IIIB:inhibition the cytopathic effects of HIV-1 infection in CEM-SS cells(EC50=1.65 μM).

Hemolytic Activity 

  • [Ref.15556063]HC50=70 µM against human erythrocytes

Cytotoxicity 

  • [Ref.20086159]CEM-SS cells:50% Cell death at 7.42 µM.

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  DRAVPe00339

Linear/Cyclic  Linear

N-terminal Modification  Free

C-terminal Modification  Amidation

Other Modification  None

Stereochemistry  L



Physicochemical Information


Formula  C107H175N27O28S

Absent amino acids  CEHPRY

Common amino acids  GIK

Mass  2319.79

Pl  9.7

Basic residues  3

Acidic residues  1

Hydrophobic residues  9

Net charge  2

Boman Index  -259

Hydrophobicity  28.57

Aliphatic Index  111.43

Half Life 

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

Extinction Coefficient cystines  5500

Absorbance 280nm  275

Polar residues  6



Literature Information


Literature 1

Title   Identification of novel human immunodeficiency virus type 1-inhibitory peptides based on the antimicrobial peptide database.

Pubmed ID   20086159

Reference   Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2010 Mar;54(3):1343-6.

Author   Wang G, Watson KM, Peterkofsky A, Buckheit RW Jr.

DOI   10.1128/AAC.01448-09

Literature 2

Title   Purification and characterization of antimicrobial peptides from the skin secretions of the mink frog (Rana septentrionalis).

Pubmed ID   15556063

Reference   Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol. 2004 Oct;139(1-3):31-38.

Author   Bevier CR, Sonnevend A, Kolodziejek J, Nowotny N, Nielsen PF, Conlon JM.

DOI   10.1016/j.cca.2004.08.019