General Information


DRAVP ID  DRAVPe00357

Peptide Name   Caerin-1.19

Sequence  GLFKVLGSVAKHLLPHVAPIIAEKL

Sequence Length  25

UniProt ID  P0C2A8 

Source  Litoria gracilenta (Dainty green tree frog)



Activity Information


Target Organism  HIV

Assay 

Activity 

  • [Ref.26026377]HIV: inhibition of HIV Pseudovirus (PsV) infection in CD4+ T cells(IC50=2.5 µM).

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

Cytotoxicity  No cytotoxicity information found in the reference(s) presented

Binding Target  membrane

Mechanism  The peptide could disrupt the viral envelope and release p24 protein.And the more effective they were at disruption of the viral envelope, the better they were at inhibiting infection.



Structure Information


PDB ID  None

Predicted Structure Download  DRAVPe00357

Linear/Cyclic  Linear

N-terminal Modification  Free

C-terminal Modification  Amidation

Other Modification  None

Stereochemistry  L



Physicochemical Information


Formula  C127H212N32O29

Absent amino acids  CDMNQRTWY

Common amino acids  L

Mass  2651.28

Pl  9.7

Basic residues  5

Acidic residues  1

Hydrophobic residues  14

Net charge  4

Boman Index  2067

Hydrophobicity  89.6

Aliphatic Index  156

Half Life 

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

Extinction Coefficient cystines  0

Absorbance 280nm  0

Polar residues  3



Literature Information


Literature 1

Title   Inhibition of HIV infection by caerin 1 antimicrobial peptides.

Pubmed ID   26026377

Reference   Peptides. 2015 Sep;71:296-303.

Author   VanCompernolle S, Smith PB, Bowie JH, Tyler MJ, Unutmaz D, Rollins-Smith LA.

DOI   10.1016/j.peptides.2015.05.004