General Information


DRAVP ID  DRAVPe00372

Peptide Name   Piscidin-2

Sequence  FFHHIFRGIVHVGKTIHKLVTG

Sequence Length  22

UniProt ID  Q8UUG2 

Source  Morone chrysops (White bass)



Activity Information


Target Organism  CCV,FV3

Assay 

Activity 

  • [Ref.15193922]Channel Catfish virus(CCV): inhibition of CCV infection in catfish ovary(CCO) cells(reduce viral infectivity by 50% at 4 μM);
  • Frog Virus 3(FV3): inhibition of FV3 infection in fathead minnow(FHM) cells(reduce viral infectivity by 50% at 13 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  Not found

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



Structure Information


PDB ID  None

Predicted Structure Download  DRAVPe00372

Linear/Cyclic  Linear

N-terminal Modification  Free

C-terminal Modification  Free

Other Modification  None

Stereochemistry  L



Physicochemical Information


Formula  C122H187N35O25

Absent amino acids  ACDEMNPQSWY

Common amino acids  H

Mass  2544.05

Pl  11.17

Basic residues  7

Acidic residues  0

Hydrophobic residues  10

Net charge  7

Boman Index  -624

Hydrophobicity  48.18

Aliphatic Index  110.45

Half Life 

  •     Mammalian:1.1 hour
  •     Yeast:3 min
  •     E.coli:2 min

Extinction Coefficient cystines  0

Absorbance 280nm  0

Polar residues  5



Literature Information


Literature 1

Title   Inactivation of viruses infecting ectothermic animals by amphibian and piscine antimicrobial peptides.

Pubmed ID   15193922

Reference   Virology. 2004 Jun 1;323(2):268-75.

Author   Chinchar VG, Bryan L, Silphadaung U, Noga E, Wade D, Rollins-Smith L.

DOI   10.1016/j.virol.2004.02.029