General Information


DRAVP ID  DRAVPe00457

Peptide Name   gg-ww

Sequence  GGARDAGKAEWW

Sequence Length  12

UniProt ID  No entry found

Source  Synthetic construct



Activity Information


Target Organism  DENV

Assay 

Activity 

  • [Ref.26248692]dengue virus serotype 2(DENV-2):inhibition the cytopathic effect(CPE) and plaque formation in Vero cells(IC50=77-91 μmol/L).

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

Cytotoxicity 

  • [Ref.26248692]It was not toxic to Vero cells up to 400 μmol/L.

Binding Target  membrane

Mechanism  The peptide gg-ww could exert its inhibition during the viral entry step of DENV-2 infection by interfering with viral attachment or internalization.



Structure Information


PDB ID  None

Predicted Structure Download  DRAVPe00457

Linear/Cyclic  Linear

N-terminal Modification  Free

C-terminal Modification  Free

Other Modification  None

Stereochemistry  L



Physicochemical Information


Formula  C58H82N18O17

Absent amino acids  CFHILMNPQSTVY

Common amino acids  AG

Mass  1303.4

Pl  6.07

Basic residues  2

Acidic residues  2

Hydrophobic residues  5

Net charge  0

Boman Index  -2309

Hydrophobicity  -108.33

Aliphatic Index  25

Half Life 

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

Extinction Coefficient cystines  11000

Absorbance 280nm  1000

Polar residues  3



Literature Information


Literature 1

Title   Anti-dengue virus serotype 2 activity and mode of action of a novel peptide.

Pubmed ID   26248692

Reference   J Appl Microbiol. 2015 Oct;119(4):1170-80. 

Author   Chew MF, Tham HW, Rajik M, Sharifah SH. 

DOI   10.1111/jam.12921