DRAVP ID  DRAVPe00579

Peptide Name   SC32EK

Sequence  WEEWDKKIEEYTKKIEELIKKSEEQQKKNEKE

Sequence Length  32

UniProt ID  Q5DP94 

Taxon ID  None

Source  Synthetic construct

Validation   Experimentally Validated

Gene Name/ID  Not Available

GenBank  Not Available

Amino Acid position  Not Available

Domain Accession ID  Not Available

Nucleotide sequence ID  Not Available

Molecular Type  Not Available

Chromosomal Position  Not Available

Target Organism  HIV

Assay  dual split-protein (DSP)-based cell-cell fusion assay,luciferase assay

Activity 

• [Ref.31277353]HIV-1 NL4-3:inhibition of pseudovirus entry in TZM-bl cells(IC50=1.1±0.2 nM);
• HIV-1 HXB2:inhibition of cell-cell fusion in TZM-bl cells(IC50=0.8±0.2 nM).

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

Cytotoxicity 

• No cytotoxicity information or data found in the reference(s) presented in this entry

Binding Target  membrane

Mechanism  The peptide inhibits HIV fusion by binding to the hydrophobic grooves on the N-terminal heptad repeat (NHR) trimer and blocking six-helix-bundle (6-HB) formation.

PDB ID  None

Predicted Structure Download  DRAVPe00579

Linear/Cyclic  Linear

N-terminal Modification  Acetylation

C-terminal Modification  Amidation

Other Modification  None

Stereochemistry  L

Literature 1

Title   Conserved Residue Asn-145 in the C-Terminal Heptad Repeat Region of HIV-1 gp41 is Critical for Viral Fusion and Regulates the Antiviral Activity of Fusion Inhibitors.

Pubmed ID   31277353

Reference   Viruses. 2019 Jul 3;11(7):609. 

Author   Geng X, Liu Z, Yu D, Qin B, Zhu Y, Cui S, Chong H, He Y.

DOI   10.3390/v11070609